explanation

The problem problem

Published on December 14, 2021December 13, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

A pursuit curve

Answering the problems you get in class is less difficult than posing them in the first place.

Tilting at windmills

Published on December 7, 2021December 5, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The vanishing knight

Where did Don Quixote go?

A small tool

Published on November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

One step beyond the eyes

We consider an anachronism.

Beyond our expertise

Published on November 23, 2021November 22, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Biology

We confront a vast area of (our) ignorance.

Non-programmers

Published on November 16, 2021November 14, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Asking the question

Are there some people who cannot learn computer programming?

Attempting the impossible (II)

Published on November 9, 2021November 5, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Parallel lines

We continue to wonder what good can come of trying to do what can’t be done.

Attempting the impossible

Published on November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Cubic equations

Sometimes going beyond 2 is extremely difficult.

Spider bones

Published on October 26, 2021October 25, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Big is different

We drag Physics into Halloween.

Fear of the dark

Published on October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

What’s scary?

We ponder plastic skeletons and other seasonal paraphernalia.

Know thyself

Published on October 12, 2021October 10, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Learning and testing

Constructing a useful test can be very difficult.

Five Colors Science & Technology

Beyond the usual spectrum