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Revisions of an Ardent Historian
I learned of the recent revelation that Mr. Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), long reputed to have been a staunch abolitionist, was in fact a slaveholder, along with the rest of the world. News of this nature has surfaced before at other premier institutions, but as...
Sailing School: Q&A with Author Margaret Schotte
What made you want to write Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800? I wanted to combat two assumptions: one, that sailors were not capable of doing mathematics, and two, that math textbooks are not interesting! Before becoming a historian, I...
Professor Sums Up Dickinson's Math
Five years ago, Grinnell College professor Thomas L. Moore audited an English class on Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson at his institution. A Professor, Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Grinnell, Moore worked over several years on a...
The Tinkerer and the Math Geek
Allow me to introduce two good friends of mine, the Math Geek and the Tinkerer. Math Geeks are really good at math and love it. Tinkerers are happiest when they are in the shop building things. So which of these two is better equipped for the rigors of...