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Crossposted to ontd_science.


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Yesterday (3-14) was Pi Day, something no one on my flist seemed to notice. Time to correct that oversight.


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Governor Granholm announces Kellogg Foundation grant to prepare new math and science teachers

In her weekly radio address last Friday, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm announced that Michigan has been chosen for a new teaching fellowship program that will benefit almost 20,000 Michigan public school students in high-need schools.

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I know this guy.

L.A. Times:  UCLA mathematicians discover a 13-million-digit prime number
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

UCLA mathematicians appear to have won a $100,000 prize from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for discovering a 13-million-digit prime number that has long been sought by computer users.

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That's a good thing.  I'd better be a math person, as I 'm a math tutor, but my primary interest is science, not math, so I shouldn't be in the top category.  For what it's worth, 1) I was the highest scoring person on the 'recent results' list when I took the test and 2) I think I missed being in the top category because I dislike Rubik's cubes--I ( Read more... )