Welcome to our course. I am Prof Norman Wildberger and I have been teaching at UNSW in Sydney for 30 years, from which I have recently retired, and before that I taught at the University of Toronto for 3 years and Stanford University for 2 years. I am a keen expositor of mathematics o...
presented the first of their group’s three scholarships to Daniel Jacob, a recent graduate of Long Island’s East Meadow High School who is now on his way to study UX (user experience) design at Northeastern University. Accepting on his behalf was one of his teachers, Heather Anastasio...
Diffie-Hellman key exchange, Ralph Merkle's hash trees, Adam Back's proof of work, Hal Finney's reusable proof of work, Bram Cohen's BitTorrrent, and the economic incentives clarified by Friedrich Hayek. These are the pieces that came together to form Bitcoin. Bitcoin rests on mathematics....
It always seemed so big to us through our eyes as kids then...we are both now 67 and retired. My wife lived in the town of Newton, county seat of Sussex County, and I lived just off of Route 206 near Ross Corner with a Lafayette RD address. Neither of our families could be ...
I took up photography, on old interest, again after I retired. My half-day lesson yesterday with Adam was a wonderful learning experience, helping me improve both technique and composition. He was very responsive to the goals I discussed with him at the beginning of the session; I learned ...
Many of the loudest critics on social media are staunch conservatives who have been openly hostile to any trans equality issues. But the issue of trans athletes competing with cisgender females has attracted concern from others including retired women athletes. ...
After hearing from teachers that kids were turned off by the rigidity of modeling clay, a man named Joe McVicker begansending soft wallpaper cleaning productsto schools as a substitute material. By 1956, that substitute had a name all its own: Play-Doh. The product has been a grade-school...
Dear students, esteemed teachers, and parents, On this radiant summer day, we come together to celebrate your graduation—a moment of success and hope. Today, as we gather on this beautiful campus where countless dreams have taken shape, my ...
Current students, teachers (including retired) and staff can request items through ILL. Interlibrary loan is not available to former students, guest borrowers or fee-card holders. How Long Does It Take? Articles are usuall...
Once all the presents have been opened and some of the decorations have started to come down, many of us will be looking forward with anticipation to the New Year ahead.