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https://pballew.blogspot.com/2016/02/on-this-day-in-math-february-16.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - February 16 The Goose Girl Fountain in Gottingen Whenever you can, count. ~Sir Francis Galton The 47th day of the year; 47 is a Thabit number, ... on this day pat sblog math february https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2006/12/interesting-new-link-while-reading.html Molly'sBlog Interesting New Link: While reading a recent edition of the 'Compendium for Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian' Molly cam... molly sblog https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2006/12/day-of-elevens-plus-one-one-final.html Molly'sBlog THE DAY OF THE ELEVENS (PLUS ONE): One final eleven here. These are the new links that I have added to the blog (see the bottom of the page)... molly sblog https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2007/09/anarcho-syndicalist-review-number-47.html Molly'sBlog ANARCHO -SYNDICALIST REVIEW NUMBER 47 NOW AVAILABLE: The latest issue of the best English language publication in the anarchosyndicali... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2023/10/20-sine-etymology-and-history-of-math.html?m=1 Pat'sBlog: #20 Sine...... Etymology and History of Math Terms Sine The name sine came to us from the Latin sinus , a term related to a curve, fold, or hollow. It is often interpreted as the fold ... history of pat sblog sine etymology https://pballew.blogspot.com/2009/04/ Pat'sBlog: April 2009 The mathematical (and other) thoughts of a (now retired) math teacher, pat sblog april https://pballew.blogspot.com/2025/02/on-this-day-in-math-february-4.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - February 4 Archimedes *http://www.w-volk.de/museum Technical skill is mastery of complexity while creativity is mastery of simplicity. ~ Sir Erik Ch... on this day pat sblog math february https://pballew.blogspot.com/2012/10/on-reducing-fractions.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On "Reducing" Fractions Just read a note from a young educator who was indignant that a visiting math teacher in her class had used the term "reduce fractions" i... pat sblog reducing fractions https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2009/01/personal-here-at-mollys-blog-i-am-long.html Molly'sBlog PERSONAL: HERE AT MOLLY'S BLOG: I am long delayed in announcing the following, but "I didn't win" in the contest over at the Canadian Blog A... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2024/06/nedials-nedians-and-some-related.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: Nedials, Nedians, and some related triangles and some properties Edit of post from 2019 On the day I wrote my blog about some interesting properties of the medians of a triangle, I received a package of... pat sblog related triangles properties https://pballew.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-harmony-of-harmonic-mean-and.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: The Harmony of the Harmonic Mean, and Related Problems Things happen in threes according to the old myth, and in this case it was true. I was doing some research on the early history of a math... the harmony harmonic mean pat sblog related https://pballew.blogspot.com/2023/01/one-d-is-not-enough-two-is-too-many.html Pat'sBlog: One D is not enough, two is too many Lord Todd died on this date in 1997. Alexander R Todd, who became Lord Todd of Trumpington (an ancient village in the city of Cambridge ... is not pat sblog one enough https://pballew.blogspot.com/2013/02/on-this-day-in-math-february-25.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog The mathematical (and other) thoughts of a (now retired) math teacher, pat sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2018/06/on-this-day-in-math-june-23.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - June 23 We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done. Alan Turing, From his paper on the Tur... on this day pat sblog math june https://pballew.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-this-day-in-math-dec-15.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - Dec 15 The reason why new concepts in any branch of science are hard to grasp is always the same; contemporary scientists try to picture the new ... on this day pat sblog math dec https://pballew.blogspot.com/2012/01/on-this-day-in-math-jan-27.html Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - Jan 27 (removed) The mathematical (and other) thoughts of a (now retired) math teacher, on this day pat sblog math jan https://pballew.blogspot.com/2013/10/on-this-day-in-math-october-21_21.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - October 21 Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid po... on this day pat sblog math october https://www.3v.hk/links 友情链接 - 允赫先森'sBlog - 一个八零后大叔的博客分享日常 sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2023/05/more-on-geome-treat-with-calculus-twist.html Pat'sBlog: More on a Geome-Treat with a Calculus Twist I recently re-posted a blog I wrote 12 years ago about a way to find the tangent to the curve of a conic without employing calculus that w... more on pat sblog treat calculus https://pballew.blogspot.com/2012/05/on-this-day-in-math-may-9.html Pat'sBlog The mathematical (and other) thoughts of a (now retired) math teacher, pat sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-many-binary-numbers-have-same.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: How many binary numbers have the same number of zeros and ones? On August 14, I wrote :"The binary expression for 226 has the same number of ones and zeros. " It made me wonder how frequently that happ... https://pballew.blogspot.com/2016/05/on-this-day-in-math-may-4.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - May 4 I had a feeling once about Mathematics - that I saw it all. Depth beyond depth was revealed to me - the Byss and Abyss. I saw - as... on this day pat sblog math may https://pballew.blogspot.com/2011/02/warning-dangerous-games-ahead.html Pat'sBlog: Warning --- Dangerous Games Ahead A new (to me) cartoon site with some neat stuff. Hat tip to John D. Cook at The Endeavour for pointing out this site to me... dangerous games pat sblog warning ahead https://pballew.blogspot.com/2009/04/promiscuous-problems-and-20th-century.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: Promiscuous Problems and the 20th Century The year 1913 seems to have had a strange effect on educational language, and as yet, I haven't figured out exactly what happened. A few da... and the pat sblog promiscuous problems https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2006/11/linkrinkpinkfinksink-ive-added-new.html Molly'sBlog Link, Rink, Pink, Fink, Sink, I've added a new link to the 'Blogs' section of this blog. It's another local boy, Stepahan Bourier, and the t... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2017/12/on-this-day-in-math-december-4.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - December 4 Taking him for all and all, I think it will be conceded that Michael Faraday was the greatest experimental philosopher the world has ever... on this day pat sblog math december https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2007/04/hot-cross-buns-origen-being-as-this-is.html Molly'sBlog HOT CROSS BUNS: THE ORIGIN : Being as this is Good Friday Molly has attempted to search down the origin of 'Hot Cross Buns' (forgive Molly ... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2016/12/on-this-day-in-math-december-17.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - December 17 Davy statue in Penzance Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument. ~Sir Humphr... on this day pat sblog math december https://pballew.blogspot.com/2012/09/really-nice-problem-from-greg-ross.html Pat'sBlog: Really Nice Problem from Greg Ross Just came across a really neat problem for introducing the Pigeon Hole problem to High School Algebra Students with some deep reasoning abo... pat sblog really nice problem https://pballew.blogspot.com/2018/09/on-this-day-in-math-september-12.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - September 12 One began to hear it said that World War I was the chemists' war, World War II was the physicists' war, World War III (may it never come... on this day pat sblog math september https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2007/09/aotearoa-new-zealand-invitation-to-join.html Molly'sBlog AOTEAROA /NEW ZEALAND: AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE ANARCHA -FEMINIST NETWORKING: Comrades at a recent Auckland, New Zealand anarchist conferen... molly sblog https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2009/11/international-politics-fall-of-wall-20.html Molly'sBlog INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: THE FALL OF THE WALL-20 YEARS ON: Today marks the 20 th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Wall as an effective b... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2021/04/ Pat'sBlog: April 2021 The mathematical (and other) thoughts of a (now retired) math teacher, pat sblog april https://pballew.blogspot.com/2020/09/on-this-day-in-math-september-2.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - September 2 The importance of the "New Mathematics" lies mainly in the fact that it has taught us the difference between the disc and the circle. ... on this day pat sblog math september https://pballew.blogspot.com/2022/11/on-this-day-in-math-november-6.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - November 6 I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short. ~ Blaise Pascal, (my favorite Pascal Quote) The 310th d... on this day pat sblog math november https://pballew.blogspot.com/2009/09/powers-of-three-continue-pattern.html Pat'sBlog: Powers of three.... Continue the Pattern pat sblog powers three continue https://pballew.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-this-day-in-math-november-5.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - November 5 Bonfire night in my old area in East Anglia I hope you enjoy the absence of pupils ... the total oblivion of them for definite intervals ... on this day pat sblog math november https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2010/03/canadian-anarchist-movement-toronto.html?showComment=1661346225270 Molly'sBlog CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT- TORONTO: TORONTO ANARCHIST ASSEMBLY: Molly mentioned the upcoming Toronto Anarchist Assembly briefly before o... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2016/10/on-this-day-in-math-october-9.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - October 9 It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is kn... on this day pat sblog math october https://pballew.blogspot.com/2024/12/on-this-day-in-math-december-22.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - December 22 *Wik Scientists are the true driving force of civilization. ~James Burke The 356th day of the year; There are 356 ways to partition the n... on this day pat sblog math december https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2010/03/blogging-here-at-mollys-blog-its-new.html?showComment=1360762258310 Molly'sBlog BLOGGING HERE AT MOLLY'S BLOG: IT'S THE NEW MEAN MOLLY MACHINE: Well, all my computer problems are over, and even my hangover from St. Pa... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2018/05/on-this-day-in-math-may-31.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - May 31 Geometry is the science of correct reasoning on incorrect figures. ~George Polya The 151st day of the year; The smallest prime... on this day pat sblog math may https://pballew.blogspot.com/2014/12/on-this-day-in-math-december-19.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - December 19 If equations are trains threading the landscape of numbers, then no train stops at pi. ~Richard Preston The 353rd day of the year; 353 i... on this day pat sblog math december https://pballew.blogspot.com/2017/02/on-this-day-in-math-february-9.html Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - February 9 da Vinci's Stellated Dodecahedron from divina proportione What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of ... on this day pat sblog math february https://pballew.blogspot.com/2009/09/mathematical-induction-brief-history-of.html Pat'sBlog: Mathematical Induction, A Brief History of the Term I have had an interest in the history and etymology of mathematical terms for many years, as witnessed by my MathWords web page. 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Ron Dirkse sent me the following clip ... pat sblog old statistics https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2009/05/canadian-anarchist-movement-vancouver.html?showComment=1363376702730 Molly'sBlog CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-VANCOUVER: COMING SOON- THE VANCOUVER ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR : There's going to be a new kid on the block thi... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2018/05/on-this-day-in-math-may-16.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - May 16 To isolate mathematics from the practical demands of the sciences is to invite the sterility of a cow shut away from the bulls. ... on this day pat sblog math may https://pballew.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-this-day-in-math-august-13.html Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - August 13 It is clear that Economics, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science. ~William Jevons The 225th day of the year; 22... on this day pat sblog math august https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2010/07/international-labour-turkey-support.html Molly'sBlog INTERNATIONAL LABOUR TURKEY: SUPPORT TURKISH UPS WORKERS: There's an ongoing struggle in Turkey to unionize employees of the multinational U... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2020/12/octothorpe-its-real-word-dammit.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: Octothorpe, it's a real word Dammit: I occasionally drop my "Everybody hates math know-it-alls" defense and use the word Octothorpe. 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For the mathemati... e day pat sblog andy jackson https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2008/05/american-labour-support-indian-guest.html?showComment=1357316212837 Molly'sBlog AMERICAN LABOUR: SUPPORT THE INDIAN GUEST WORKERS HUNGER STRIKE: Molly has been a little slow off the bat on this one as this appeal ca... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2012/12/on-this-day-in-math-december-19.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog The mathematical (and other) thoughts of a (now retired) math teacher, pat sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2024/04/on-this-day-in-math-april-16.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - April 16 Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? ~Edward Lorenz Title of paper presented at the... on this day pat sblog math april https://pballew.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-this-day-in-math-march-1.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - March 1 section of Van Dyke's portrait of della Faille showing mathematical tools *Wik The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for ... on this day pat sblog math march https://pballew.blogspot.com/2020/04/on-this-day-in-math-april-17.html Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - April 17 Origami Soma Cube *Tektonten Papercraft (See Deaths: 1996 Piet Hein) A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of... on this day pat sblog math april https://pballew.blogspot.com/2020/10/viete-on-pythagorean-triples.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: Viete on Pythagorean Triples Viete is too little known to American High School Students (and might I say teachers???) Most would enjoy his method of taking any two Pytha... pat sblog pythagorean triples https://pballew.blogspot.com/2012/05/on-this-day-in-math-may-18.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog The mathematical (and other) thoughts of a (now retired) math teacher, pat sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2024/11/on-this-day-in-math-november-9.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - November 9 Our passion for learning is our tool for survival. ~Carl Sagan The 313th day of the year; a twin prime with 311. If you draw all the diag... on this day pat sblog math november https://pballew.blogspot.com/2016/02/on-this-day-in-math-february-22.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - February 22 Illustration from "On the forms of plane quartics", by Ruth Gentry Suppose a contradiction were to be found in the axioms of set theo... on this day pat sblog math february https://pballew.blogspot.com/2024/06/on-this-day-in-math-june-17.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - June 17 By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I have made, I ended up in the... on this day pat sblog math june https://pballew.blogspot.com/2021/12/on-this-day-in-math-december-18.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - December 18 First celestial photograph, see 1839 below Let me tell you how at one time the famous mathematician Euclid became a physician. It was dur... on this day pat sblog math december https://pballew.blogspot.com/2013/10/on-this-day-in-math-october-13.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - October 13 No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect ... on this day pat sblog math october https://pballew.blogspot.com/2017/01/on-this-day-in-math-january-30.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - January 30 God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers. ~Paul Erdos ** (Not realy,Re... on this day pat sblog math january https://pballew.blogspot.com/2012/10/on-this-day-in-math-october-23.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - October 23 God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists since its consistency cannot be proved. ~Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl The ... on this day pat sblog math october https://alessandrobarbucci.blogspot.com/2010/10/newfriendsblog.html?showComment=1288037165302 ***: ****NewFriend'sBlog**** *******mon pote A lessandro-TALEXI-Taini ouvre son blog ! 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In those 27 years there... march madness and the pat sblog ultimate https://pballew.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-devilish-prime-devil-is-in-details.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: A Devilish Prime, The Devil is in the Details After years of looking into the origins and evolution of mathematical terms, ideas, and recreations, it has worked its way into my thinking ... the devil pat sblog devilish prime https://pballew.blogspot.com/2015/01/on-this-day-in-math-january-4.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - January 4 HP 35 calculator The task is ... not so much to see what no one has yet seen; but to think what nobody has yet thought, about that which ev... on this day pat sblog math january https://pballew.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-very-mathematical-u-s-star-flag.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: The Very Mathematical U. S. Star Flag Regular visitors here might recall that the good people at Firefly Books sent me a review copy of Ivan Moscovitch's beautiful puzzle book ... u s pat sblog mathematical star https://pballew.blogspot.com/2013/03/on-this-day-in-math-march-5.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - March 5 Terrestrial globe by Mercator dating from 1541. It is now in the museum collection of the Palazzo Ducale in Urbania, Italy, and is one of ... on this day pat sblog math march https://pballew.blogspot.com/2026/04/on-this-day-in-math-april-10.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - April 10 * The Cyclopedia of Puzzles The true business of the philosopher(scientist), though not flattering to his vanity, is merely to ascerta... on this day pat sblog math april https://pballew.blogspot.com/2026/01/on-this-day-in-math-january-23.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - January 23 Me Considering Pascal Considering the Roulette Nature creates curved lines while humans create straight lines. ~Hideki Yukawa The 23rd da... on this day pat sblog math january https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2010/03/leftist-language-bad-words-last-post.html?showComment=1360455520839 Molly'sBlog LEFTIST LANGUAGE: BAD WORDS: The last post put me in mind of a matter that I have been pondering for decades ie the misuse of ... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2024/11/on-this-day-in-math-november-28.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math November 28 Newton is, of course, the greatest of all Cambridge professors; he also happens to be the greatest disaster that ever befell not merely ... on this day pat sblog math november https://pballew.blogspot.com/2014/08/on-this-day-in-math-august-7.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - August 7 One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. ~Henri Poincare The 219th day of the year; There are 219 ... on this day pat sblog math august https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2010/03/leftist-language-bad-words-last-post.html?showComment=1360888493603 Molly'sBlog LEFTIST LANGUAGE: BAD WORDS: The last post put me in mind of a matter that I have been pondering for decades ie the misuse of ... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-harmony-of-harmonic-mean-and-more.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: The Harmony of the Harmonic Mean, and more Related Problems Things happen in threes according to the old myth, and in this case it was true. I was doing some research on the early history of a math... the harmony harmonic mean and more pat sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-shoemakers-knife-cuts-beautiful.html Pat'sBlog: The Shoemaker's Knife Cuts Beautiful Math Across the Centuries Someone posted this puzzle on Twitter yesterday, and it reminded me of a beautiful math idea I had written about before. I'll let you tak... the shoemaker knife cuts pat sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2021/02/on-this-day-in-math-february-9.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - February 9 da Vinci's Stellated Dodecahedron from divina proportione To argue with a man who has renounced the use of authority of reason is li... on this day pat sblog math february https://mollymew.blogspot.com/2010/07/personal-molly-gets-hacked-im-impressed.html Molly'sBlog PERSONAL: MOLLY GETS HACKED: I'm impressed. I'm really and truly impressed. For a long time now I've had "visitors" who are not exactly the ... molly sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2024/06/this-day-in-math-june-6.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: This Day in Math - June 6 Map of 2012 Transit of Venus visibility * Eclipse Maps No mathematician can be a complete mathematician unless he is also something of a p... this day pat sblog math june https://pballew.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-tale-of-creole-pig.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: The Tale of the Creole Pig This is not a math blog, except that it has to do with logic, or the lack thereof, but I teach kids, and this is a story my bright kids ... the tale pat sblog creole pig https://pballew.blogspot.com/2010/10/rhythm-and-reasoning-go-together.html Pat'sBlog: Rhythm and Reasoning Go Together? An interesting story out of the Karolinski Institute in Sweden indicates another connection between music and intelligence, sort of..... 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The oft-c... and the pat sblog parabolas tangents https://pballew.blogspot.com/2014/08/on-this-day-in-math-august-10.html Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - August 10 I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short. ~Blaise Pascal The 222nd day of the year; 222 is ... on this day pat sblog math august https://pballew.blogspot.com/2013/05/on-this-day-in-math-may-21.html Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - May 21 Whoever ... proves his point and demonstrates the prime truth geometrically should be believed by all the world, for there we are captu... on this day pat sblog math may https://pballew.blogspot.com/2022/11/so-you-thought-you-knew-everything.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: So You Thought You Knew EVERYTHING About Equilateral Triangles? Catching up on some reading lately I came across an interesting book on Academia called Mysteries of the Equilateral Triangle . The only... so you everything about pat sblog thought https://pballew.blogspot.com/2018/12/on-this-day-in-math-december-11.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - December 11 Truths physical have an origin as divine as truths religious. ~Sir David Brewster The 345th day of the year; 345 is the average nu... on this day pat sblog math december https://pballew.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-pi-was-almost-equal-to-three-in.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: How Pi was Almost Equal to Three in Indiana - II I So what about the state that passed a law that set Pi = 3? Well, it was in the paper, and on the internet, but it never happened, alth... https://pballew.blogspot.com/2023/03/on-this-day-in-math-march-20.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - March 20 Newton Statue in Trinity Chapel, Cambridge UK *R.B. The mathematical education of the young physicist [Albert Einstein] was not very soli... on this day pat sblog math march https://pballew.blogspot.com/2016/02/on-this-day-in-math-february-29.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - February 29 MONTESSORI GIVING A LESSON IN TOUCHING GEOMETRICAL INSET Common sense is not really so common. ~Antoine Arnauld (1612 - 1694) in The... on this day pat sblog math february https://pballew.blogspot.com/2012/05/on-this-day-in-math-may-22.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog The mathematical (and other) thoughts of a (now retired) math teacher, pat sblog https://pballew.blogspot.com/2024/11/31-loxodrom-rhumb-linehistory-and.html?m=0 Pat'sBlog: #31 Loxodrom, Rhumb Line.....History and Etymology of Math Terms Loxodrome The shortest path between two points on the surface of the Earth is along a great circle arc, but this path is often not possib... line history