How the Hippies Saved Physics Book Review
April 2, 2012
Applied Math, Suggested Reading
Author: John F. McGowan, Ph.D.
Recent Data For Planning Mathematical Software Projects
January 19, 2012
Applied Math
This article is a follow up to the previous article Estimating the Cost and Schedule of Mathematical Software. In the previous article, the author advocated using software engineering expert …
Estimating the Cost and Schedule of Mathematical Software
January 10, 2012
Applied Math
Mathematics and mathematical software combined with today’s powerful computers can deliver large improvements in speed and efficiency as well as new useful features. Mathematical software is in widespread use: …
Animations of a Possible Cure for Cancer
October 31, 2011
Applied Math
This article is the third in a series on possible ways to use mathematics to cure or treat cancer, that began with Can Mathematics Cure Cancer?. It presents the …
Tackling Cancer with Math
October 7, 2011
Applied Math
The recent death of Apple founder Steve Jobs from pancreatic cancer at the young age of fifty-six highlights the dismal progress in the War on Cancer, despite over $200 …
The Cold Hit Problem
September 25, 2011
Applied Math, Probability and Statistics
The previous article Are Fingerprints Unique? discussed the case of Brandon Mayfield, a Muslim American attorney from the Portland, Oregon area who was wrongly identified as one of the …
Are Fingerprints Unique?
September 20, 2011
Essential Math, History
On March 11, 2004 a series of bombs exploded aboard four commuter trains in Madrid, Spain, killing 192 people and injuring 2050. The Spanish police recovered a bag containing …
The Magical Mathematics of Numb3rs
August 29, 2011
Applied Math, Suggested Reading
Numb3rs is a television show that ran for six seasons on CBS from 2005 to 2010 about FBI agent Don Eppes and his brother Charles, a child math prodigy …
Creating Cartoon Voices with Math
August 15, 2011
Applied Math, Software
Have you ever wanted to create a humorous or entertaining voice like a cartoon character’s voice for a get-well video, a Valentine’s video, the narration for a DVD of …
Can Mathematics Cure Cancer?
July 11, 2011
Applied Math
“I will also ask for an appropriation of an extra $100 million to launch an intensive campaign to find a cure for cancer, and I will ask later for …