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Undergraduates, The Right Questions, And Cayley Produce Results, Gary J. Sherman
Undergraduates, The Right Questions, And Cayley Produce Results, Gary J. Sherman
Mathematical Sciences Technical Reports (MSTR)
During the summers of 1989, 1990, and 1991, eighteen undergraduates participated in a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at Rose-Hulman for which the author was the principal investigator. This paper provides some examples of the mathematics discovered during these three summers and discusses the philosophy, environment and process which made these discoveries possible.
Test 1656: Ford 5640 (16x4) Diesel 16-Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab
Test 1656: Ford 5640 (16x4) Diesel 16-Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab
Nebraska Tractor Tests
EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURE General Tractors are tested at the University of Nebraska according to the Agricultural Tractor Test Code approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers or official Nebraska test procedure. The manufacturer selects the tractor to be tested and certifies that it is a stock model. Each tractor is equipped with the common power consuming accessories such as power steering, power lift pump, generator, etc., if available. Power consuming accessories may be disconnected only when the means for disconnecting can be reached from the operating station. An official representative of …
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 14, November 27, 1991
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 14, November 27, 1991
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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 13, October 23, 1991
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 13, October 23, 1991
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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 12, September 17, 1991
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 12, September 17, 1991
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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 11, September 6, 1991
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 11, September 6, 1991
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1991 Imsa Convocation, Stephanie Pace Marshall
1991 Imsa Convocation, Stephanie Pace Marshall
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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 10, August 2, 1991
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 10, August 2, 1991
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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 9, July 3, 1991
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 9, July 3, 1991
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C. S. Lewis, George Macdonald, And Mathematics, David L. Neuhouser
C. S. Lewis, George Macdonald, And Mathematics, David L. Neuhouser
ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991
This paper examines the influence and role of mathematics and mathematicians in the stories of George MacDonald and C. S. Lewis.
Using Mathematics To Teach Calculus, Russell W. Howell
Using Mathematics To Teach Calculus, Russell W. Howell
ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991
For the past two years Westmont College has been one of the beta test sites for the calculus reform experiment being conducted at the University of Illinois under the direction of Jerry Uhl. Brown, Porta, and Uhl have created text which is integrated with Mathematica, a very powerful symbol manipulation, graphics, and number crunching software package produced by Wolfram Research, Inc. A preliminary version of this text has just been released [2]. We have used the Illinois materials for an honors course of incoming Freshmen with prior calculus experience. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the curriculum and …
Cantor's Concept Of Infinity: Implications Of Infinity For Contingence, Bruce A. Hedman
Cantor's Concept Of Infinity: Implications Of Infinity For Contingence, Bruce A. Hedman
ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991
Georg Cantor (1845-1918) was a devout Lutheran whose explicit Christian beliefs shaped his philosophy of science. Joseph Dauben has traced the impact Cantor's Christian convictions had on the development of transfinite set theory. In this paper I propose to examine how Cantor's transfinite set theory has contributed to an increasingly contingent world view in modern science. The contingence of scientific theories is not just a cautious tentativeness, but arises out of the actual state of the universe itself. The mathematical entities Cantor studied, transfinite numbers, he admitted were fraught with paradoxes. But he believed that they were grounded in a …
Can Mathematical Methods Yield Theological Truth?, Jan De Koning
Can Mathematical Methods Yield Theological Truth?, Jan De Koning
ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991
This paper discusses the negative impact mathematical methods in theology can have on the church by looking specifically at Arminius and Voetius, Dutch theologians living in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Both Arminius and Voetius used mathematical methodology, although they came to different conclusions. I think their differences were due to their different worldviews, which in turn were fundamentally influenced by their upbringing. Both theologians, however, made the same mistake with their methodology and the church split because of that mistake.
A Tale Of Two Mathematicians, Robert Brabenec
A Tale Of Two Mathematicians, Robert Brabenec
ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991
The goal of this paper is to identify some of the discoveries in mathematics during the period from 1820 to 1875 that have profoundly changed the nature of mathematics. To provide a context for this, the author compares some results of mathematics before the year 1820 with those present after 1875. And to humanize this, the author discusses the details of the life and times of two mathematicians, one who was active before 1820 and one who was active after 1875.
How Has Christian Theology Furthered Mathematics?, Gene B. Chase
How Has Christian Theology Furthered Mathematics?, Gene B. Chase
ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991
In revising my Bibliography of Christianity and Mathematics to include material prior to the 20th century, it is difficult to know what to include and what to exclude, since Christian presuppositions informed much scholarship in a vague, cultural sort of way. This paper is a first cut at attempting to narrow down candidates for that Bibliography by looking for specific ways in which Christian theology has furthered mathematics.
Reviving The Argument From Design: Detecting Design Through Small Probabilities, William A. Dembski
Reviving The Argument From Design: Detecting Design Through Small Probabilities, William A. Dembski
ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991
How small do probabilities of events have to get before we refuse to attribute those events to chance? Smallness of probability is itself not enough since events with extremely small probability occur all the time. But when such events are also prespecified, it becomes difficult to attribute their occurrence to chance. Typically we search for a causal account of how chance was offset. Lacking such a causal story, however, are we still justified in asserting that an extremely improbable prespecified event was not the result of chance? This question is relevant to such diverse areas as prophecy, miracles, parapsychology, gambling, …
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 8, May 31, 1991
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 8, May 31, 1991
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Introduction (1991), Robert Brabenec
Introduction (1991), Robert Brabenec
ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991
An Eighth Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective
Table Of Contents (1991), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
Table Of Contents (1991), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991
An Eighth Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective
Schedule (1991), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
Schedule (1991), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
ACMS Conference Proceedings 1991
An Eighth Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 7, May 7, 1991
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 7, May 7, 1991
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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 6, April 15, 1991
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Plate Tectonics, Space, Geologic Time, And The Great Plains: A Primer For Non-Geologists, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.
Plate Tectonics, Space, Geologic Time, And The Great Plains: A Primer For Non-Geologists, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
For most Americans, "The Great Plains" evokes images of grasslands, dust storms, prairie fires, Native Americans on horseback, cowboys and wheat lands, and perhaps flat valleys crossed by braided rivers carrying a heavy load of sand and gravel, extremes of weather, and a climate typified by an alternation of droughts and wetter periods. Geologists picture such general images, too, but they also see radical changes in the landscape over periods expressed in millions rather than hundreds of years. Geologically speaking, human activities on the Great Plains are too recent to have much of a place in the broad geologic history …
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 5, March 19, 1991
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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 4, March 5, 1991
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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 3, February 15, 1991
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Hexapos Herald - Vol. 2, No. 2, February 1, 1991
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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 1, January 14, 1991
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1990-91 Annual Report, Illinois' Investment, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
1990-91 Annual Report, Illinois' Investment, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
Annual Reports
On June 11,1990, following a year of community discussions, extensive research and intensive planning, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy unveiled a revolutionary strategic plan for its future. The plan, which received unanimous support from the board of trustees, included strategies in ten areas: curriculum; assessment of student achievement; teaching; business, research and educational partnerships; recruitment and support of a diverse student population; private sector funding; marketing/communications; integration of academic and residential life; organizational structure; and personal and professional growth for faculty and staff.
World View Theory And Science Education Research, William W. Cobern
World View Theory And Science Education Research, William W. Cobern
Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project
This monograph is timely for the membership of NARST. As science educators probe teaching and learning in an endeavor to make sense of learning in classrooms, there is a need for theoretical frameworks to enable new questions to be posed and a correspondingly fresh set of responses to be obtained. World view is a framework that can be applied to research on teaching and learning science and fits well with the trend towards studies that are interpretive in nature. The number of science education researchers using ethnographic techniques in science education research is increasing steadily and theories and methods that …