If you remember that phony petrol war of September 2000, try to recall what were the first two types of goods which instantly disappeared from supermarket shelves?
This rhetorical question is a preparation for a further discussion of issues touched on in my previous post.
Archive for April 8th, 2008
The Great Petrol Blockade of September 2000
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The challenges facing mathematical education
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are best described by Adam Smith’s famous words displayed on a £20 banknote:
“The division of labour in pin manufacturing
(and the great increase in the quanitity of work that results)”
The ever deepening division of labour has reached a unique point in history when 99% of people have not even a vaguest idea about the workings [...]
The image of migraine
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From NYT: Image of a migraine by Anne Adams, who was drawn to structure and repetition. She had a rare disease that changes connections between parts of the brain.
