phiffer.org » school http://phiffer.org Dan Phiffer builds websites, makes art, and teaches in NYC Fri, 18 May 2012 19:23:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Public School 186 http://phiffer.org/photos/public-school-186/ http://phiffer.org/photos/public-school-186/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:36:21 +0000 Dan Phiffer http://phiffer.org/?p=2435
See also: WNYC in 2005, Jake Dobkin in 2009, and The New York Times in 2010

]]> http://phiffer.org/photos/public-school-186/feed/ 0 The School of Mathematics http://phiffer.org/links/the-school-of-mathematics/ http://phiffer.org/links/the-school-of-mathematics/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:29:24 +0000 Dan Phiffer http://phiffer.org/?p=320 Kottke recently linked to the first post in a series of articles meant to “give you a better feeling for what math is all about.”

I am a big proponent of this type of informal education and must share a related effort called The School of Mathematics. It’s a free, ongoing workshop that meets in a Brooklyn studio on Saturdays. From the most recent email announcement:

We will discuss probability: either its origins (what does it even mean?) or its applications (game theory).

Meeting at 11am, bagels at 10:45.

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