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Virtual Hyenas, Markov Chains, and Random Knights
Welcome to this week’s Math Munch! It’s amazing how a small step can lead to a chain reaction of adventure. Recently a reader named Nico left a comment on the Math Munch post where I shared the game...
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Light Bulbs, Lanterns, and Lights Out
Welcome to this week’s Math Munch! On this day in 1880, Thomas Edison was given a patent for his most famous bright idea—the light bulb. Edison once said, “Genius is one per cent inspiration,...
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Math Awareness Month, Hexapawn, and Plane Puzzles
Welcome to this week’s Math Munch! April is Mathematics Awareness Month. So happy Mathematics Awareness Month! This year’s theme is “Mathematics, Magic, and Mystery”. It’s inspired by the fact that...
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Girls’ Angle, Spiral Tilings, and Coins
Welcome to this week’s Math Munch! Girls’ Angle is a math club for girls. Since 2007 it has helped girls to grow their love of math through classes, events, mentorship, and a vibrant mathematical...
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The World Cup Group Stage, Math at First Sight, and Geokone
Welcome to this week’s Math Munch! We’ve got some World Cup math from a tremendous recreational mathematics blog and a new mathematical art tool. Get ready to dig in! I’ve been meaning to share the...
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Zentangle, Graph Paper, and Pancake Art
Welcome to this week’s Math Munch! As you start a new school year, you might be looking for some new mathy doodle games to play in the margins of your notebooks. Doodling helps me to listen sometimes,...
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Pi Digit, Pi Patterns, and Pi Day Anthem
Welcome to this week’s Math Munch! It’s here—the Pi Day of the Century happens on Saturday: 3-14-15! How will you celebrate? You might check to see if there are any festivities happening in your area....
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Continents, Math Explorers’ Club, and “I use math for…”
Welcome to this week’s Math Munch! All of our munches this week come from the recent tweets of mathematician, author, and friend of the blog Steven Strogatz. Steve works at Cornell University as an...
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Solomon Golomb, Rulers, and 52 Master Pieces
Welcome to this week’s Math Munch. I was saddened to learn this week of the passing of Solomon Golomb. Can you imagine the world without Tetris? What about the world without GPS or cell phones? Here at...
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Squricangle, Magic Angle Sculpture, and …
Welcome to this week’s Math Munch! There’s a neat old problem/puzzle that goes like this: make a 3-D shape that could fit snugly through each of three holes—one a square, one a circle, and one a...
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