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Re: Gnu Geometry (again) -- reporting from Chicago
Posted:
Apr 5, 2009 10:22 AM
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> This was called the New Math and there's a long
> history I could go into. So Gnu Math is a pun on
> New Math, but is otherwise quite different in that
> (a) we rely on FOSS tools like the Internet and
> (b) we work with counterparts around the world,
> and that specifically identified with any one country
"... not that specifically identified" I meant to say,
i.e. it's a multi-national (or supra-national) cast.
>
> ** 30 minutes ago:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7982874.stm
Just to finish this thread:
"""
The reclusive communist state's official media said a
satellite had been launched into orbit, and it was now
circling the earth transmitting revolutionary songs.
But both the U.S. military and South Korea said nothing
had entered orbit.
"""
(Reuters)
You might check the math-thinking-l archive for more
details on the "gnu math" stuff, which is still esoteric
in the Lower 48. Mat-su district in Alaska might be
another source of lesson plans (Anna Roys et al). We
empower teachers to freely share, using the Internet i.e.
I'm not trying to sell you a textbook or anything.
Kirby
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