Articles Tagged with textbooks

The hodograph

Published on July 26, 2022July 24, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Dropped from the program

We encounter things that are no longer taught.

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Nobel or teaching?

Published on May 24, 2022May 23, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Considering Feynman

We wonder where a scientist made the most impact.

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In the back of the book

Published on May 25, 2021May 24, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The right answer

How did the answers in the answer key get there?

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Textbook writing

Published on April 20, 2021April 19, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Induction or deduction

We compare two approaches to teaching mathematics.

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A question of characters

Published on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Computer language change

We notice some limitations of books, as well as their usefulness.

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More of the story

Published on April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Help from an old textbook

Knowing just a little more is sometimes helpful.

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Supply, demand and helium hydride

Published on July 23, 2019July 21, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Exploring a new field

One has to start at an elementary level.

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Helium hydride

Published on April 30, 2019April 28, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Rules and exceptions

We ponder the non-nobility of a Noble Gas.

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Don’t know much geometry (II)

Published on April 9, 2019April 8, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Stuff I learned in school

More reasons for apparently useless subjects.

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Numbering the stars (II)

Published on March 5, 2019March 3, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The observable universe

One word is the difference between calculation and infinity.

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