Math Made Almost Bearable: Statistics (Made Almost Bearable)

In this episode of Math Made Almost Bearable Frank Kelly explains some of the mathematical AND philosophical techniques employed by statisticians in order to make statistics almost bearable!

Math Made Almost Bearable: Why 30?

In a previous episode of MMAB Frank mentioned that in statistics, 30 is considered a "large" sample size. In this episode of Math Made Almost Bearable Frank will explain the mystery behind the number 30 as it pertains to statistics and will also reveal one of math's dirty little secrets!

Math Made Almost Bearable: The Birthday Problem

The human population on the earth is increasing at what could seem like an alarming rate. Many people would say that if the population continues to increase that this rate that the earth will not be able to support human life for much longer! In this episode of Math Made Almost Bearable Frank examines these and similar claims about population growth and shows that things are not always what they seem!

Math Made Almost Bearable: Population Growth

The human population on the earth is increasing at what could seem like an alarming rate. Many people would say that if the population continues to increase that this rate that the earth will not be able to support human life for much longer! In this episode of Math Made Almost Bearable Frank examines these and similar claims about population growth and shows that things are not always what they seem!

Math Made Almost Bearable: President Garfield's Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem

Math Made Almost Bearable: Episode 3: President Garfield's Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem part 1

In this episode, Frank discusses the first half of president Garfield's proof the of the pythagorean Theorem.

Math Made Almost Bearable: Episode 2: Math as a Performance Art

In this episode I sit down with Frank Kelly to discuss what it means for math to be considered as an art, namely a performing art. Don't worry though! on the next episode we'll be right back to PERFORMING math for you as in episode one!

Math Made Almost Bearable: Episode 1: Fractions and Repeating Decimals

This is the first in a series called “Math Made Almost Bearable” One of my favorite professors, Dr. Frank Kelly and I are collaborating on this little project. The goal is simply to present short, interesting and intriguing facts about math in an approachable and engaging way. This first episode is called “Fractions and Repeating Decimals”.