Murray Bourne
@bourne2learn.bsky.social
Interests in mathematics, science, politics. Born on a blue day. Is there intelligent life on Earth?
World energy consumption by country: https://bourne2learn.com/math/energy/consumption-fuels.php (my mobile-friendly data visualization)
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
World energy consumption by country: https://bourne2learn.com/math/energy/consumption-fuels.php (my mobile-friendly data visualization)
Free math videos from Brightstorm: https://www.brightstorm.com/math/
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Free math videos from Brightstorm: https://www.brightstorm.com/math/
"It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results." [Bertrand Russell]
December 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results." [Bertrand Russell]
"So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs." [Wilcox]
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs." [Wilcox]
"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education." [Bertrand Russell] Note: Depends on the skills of the teacher and intelligence of the system.
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education." [Bertrand Russell] Note: Depends on the skills of the teacher and intelligence of the system.
"My grandmother wanted me to have an education, so kept me out of school." [Margaret Mead, who, it must be noted, earned her MA and PhD from Columbia]
December 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"My grandmother wanted me to have an education, so kept me out of school." [Margaret Mead, who, it must be noted, earned her MA and PhD from Columbia]
"What we learn to do, we learn by doing." [Thomas Jefferson]
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"What we learn to do, we learn by doing." [Thomas Jefferson]
Vi Hart's brilliant "Gauss Christmath Special" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxnX5_LbBDU
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Vi Hart's brilliant "Gauss Christmath Special" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxnX5_LbBDU
Video-game players spend 30% less time reading and 34% less time doing homework than non-gamers. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17606832
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Video-game players spend 30% less time reading and 34% less time doing homework than non-gamers. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17606832
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." [William Butler Yeats]
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." [William Butler Yeats]
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." [Confucius]
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." [Confucius]
Lecturing: The art of transferring information from the lecturer's notes to the student's notes without passing through the minds of either.
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Lecturing: The art of transferring information from the lecturer's notes to the student's notes without passing through the minds of either.
How many presents in The 12 Days of Christmas? https://www.intmath.com/blog/the-twelve-days-of-christmas-how-many-presents/1686
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
How many presents in The 12 Days of Christmas? https://www.intmath.com/blog/the-twelve-days-of-christmas-how-many-presents/1686
"The best teacher is the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful." [H. Mencken]
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"The best teacher is the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful." [H. Mencken]
What Your Brain Looks Like When It Solves a Math Problem https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/science/brain-scans-math.html?smid=tw-share (New York Times)
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What Your Brain Looks Like When It Solves a Math Problem https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/science/brain-scans-math.html?smid=tw-share (New York Times)
Interactive parabola graphs (learn concepts, formulas): https://www.intmath.com/plane-analytic-geometry/parabola-interactive.php
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Interactive parabola graphs (learn concepts, formulas): https://www.intmath.com/plane-analytic-geometry/parabola-interactive.php
Some real-life environment applications for further math exploration: https://www.learner.org/series/the-habitable-planet-a-systems-approach-to-environmental-science/ (Annenberg)
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Some real-life environment applications for further math exploration: https://www.learner.org/series/the-habitable-planet-a-systems-approach-to-environmental-science/ (Annenberg)
"What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense." [Pierre-Simon de Laplace, mathematician]
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense." [Pierre-Simon de Laplace, mathematician]
A list of real-life applications of math: https://studiousguy.com/examples-of-mathematics/
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A list of real-life applications of math: https://studiousguy.com/examples-of-mathematics/
"Life is a school of probability." [Bagehot, W.]
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Life is a school of probability." [Bagehot, W.]
The paperless office? Not yet: US used 67 million tons of paper and paperboard in 2017. https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/paper-and-paperboard-material-specific-data
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The paperless office? Not yet: US used 67 million tons of paper and paperboard in 2017. https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/paper-and-paperboard-material-specific-data
Learn math through flying simulators http://www.flytolearn.com/
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Learn math through flying simulators http://www.flytolearn.com/
"As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school." [Cokie Roberts]
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school." [Cokie Roberts]
"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?" [George Eliot, aka Mary Ann Evans, English novelist, 1819-1880]
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?" [George Eliot, aka Mary Ann Evans, English novelist, 1819-1880]
"Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable." [Pythagoras]
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable." [Pythagoras]