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Feb 28, 2013

Music Shapes Us (Excerpted from The Neglected Muse: Why Music Is an Essential Liberal Art [Part III*])

Even apart from profound connection with mathematics, music is pre-eminent...

Feb 27, 2013

Third Declension Latin Adjectives: The Thirds (Part III of III)

We have spent the past few months discussing the enigmatic thirds...

Feb 25, 2013

Your Presuppositions Are Showing

If you have ever read Robinson Crusoe, you may remember one of...

Feb 24, 2013

Eradicate Truncated Similes for Just 72¢ per Day!

WARNING: Before you read this article, please know that if you...

Feb 21, 2013

The Qualities of the Best Schools

A few years ago I began to make a list of...

Feb 16, 2013

The Coming Educational Revolution

I think I am pretty safe in stating this prediction: there...

Talking Differently about Music

I have decided to take a different tack when I talk...

Doctor Who: an Ancient Hero for the Modern Day

I know I’m a few years late on this one, but...

Feb 15, 2013

Words that Count: Discovering the Mathematics of Poetry

In a 2011 article for the American Mathematical Society, mathematician Cai...

Feb 14, 2013

You Are Math in Motion

If I asked you, “Do you like math?” would you answer...

Feb 13, 2013

Finding God in Groundhog Day

In Lamentations 3:22–24, the author encourages us with these words: “The...

Feb 11, 2013

Five Best Excuses Not to Attend a Math Practicum

At Classical Conversations, we have identified the five best excuses given...

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