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January 28, 2009

Cubist writing

I just did a word count on the novel I (to all intents and purposes) started writing yesterday. Here's what WordPerfect told me:

Words:  1000 Sentences:  64
Two perfect cubes. I'll bet that doesn't happen again for the remainder of the book.

math | writing

Posted by William Shunn on January 28, 2009 11:32 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

November 18, 2008

A suggestion for Rand McNally

There are plenty of sources that list the distances of various stars from Earth, but does anyone know of a source for looking up the distances of stars from one another? If not, I may have to dust off some spherical geometry that I would rather leave in its rusty box.

Specifically, I need to know the distance between Tau Ceti and Van Maanen's Star.

Update:  I found the specific answer I needed—Tau Ceti and Van Maanen's Star are 6.2 light-years apart—but I'd still be happy to be pointed toward a more general resource.

astronomy | math | science fiction

Posted by William Shunn on November 18, 2008 9:27 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

April 11, 2007

Is that expressed in Fig Newtons of force?

Hey, kids! Wondering why you should bother studying science and math? So you can work out the formula to describe the perfect bacon butty!

N = C + {fb(cm) · fb(tc)} + fb(Ts) + fc · ta
Duh.

Tomorrow we'll derive a formula to determine how many licks it takes to reach the center of a Tootsie Pop.

bacon | food | math | science

Posted by William Shunn on April 11, 2007 9:25 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

March 28, 2006

If no child is left behind, then how many children are left behind? Show your work

You Passed 8th Grade Math
Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

math | memes | quizzes

Posted by William Shunn on March 28, 2006 6:37 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

November 9, 2005

The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace

If The Simpsons had been around when I was in high school, my math teacher Mr. Nelson might have given us problems like this.

math

Posted by William Shunn on November 9, 2005 3:05 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

July 22, 2005

I've got that less-than-22/7 feeling

Happy Pi Approximation Day! One version of it, anyway.

holidays | math

Posted by William Shunn on July 22, 2005 2:21 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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