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The Atomic Age That Wasn’t

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. August 10, 2015 Applied Math, General, History
“It is not too much to expect that our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to meter, will know of great periodic regional famines in …
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The Corinthian Colleges Scandal, STEM Shortage Claims, and Minorities

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. June 12, 2015 General, Math Education
The United States Department of Education made headlines Monday (June 8, 2015) announcing that it would forgive the federal student loans for former students of Corinthian Colleges Inc., the …
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Review of Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. May 4, 2015 Probability and Statistics, Suggested Reading
Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide by Alex Reinhart Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: No Starch Press; 1 edition (March 16, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 1593276206 ISBN-13: 978-1593276201 Product …
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Review of Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. April 13, 2015 Math Education, Probability and Statistics, Suggested Reading
Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data Joel Best University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California 2008, updated 2013 158 pages (Paperback) My Rating: 4/5 Introduction …
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Review of More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. April 6, 2015 Probability and Statistics, Suggested Reading
More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues By Joel Best University of California Press Hardcover, 217 pages ISBN: 9780520238305 September 2004 $29.95, £19.95 My Rating: 3/5 …
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An Introduction to Mathematica

MathBlog Team March 16, 2015 General
From the Beginning… Originally, Wolfram’s programing language was utilized primarily by mathematicians to solve complex equations and design advanced mathematical models. Mathematica, as the language was first called, provided …
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Measuring Up, SAT Scores, and Coding Interviews

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. March 16, 2015 Math Education, Probability and Statistics, Suggested Reading
Introduction Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us is a 2008 book by Professor Daniel Koretz of Harvard. Koretz, the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education at Harvard, …
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Review of Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. March 9, 2015 Probability and Statistics, Suggested Reading
DAMNED LIES AND STATISTICS: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists (UPDATED EDITION) Joel Best University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California 2001, 2012 Print Length: …
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Book Review: e: the Story of a Number

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. February 16, 2015 Suggested Reading
e: The Story of a Number by Eli Maor Princeton Science Library Series Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 Copyright © 1994 by …
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Updated 2017 – My Review of A Mind for Numbers

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. January 26, 2015 Suggested Reading
At a glance A Mind for Numbers How to Excel at Math and Science (Even if you Flunked Algebra) by Barbara Oakley, Ph.D. JEREMY P. TARCHER/ PENGUIN Published by …
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