The Cost of Not Understanding Probabilit... Misconceptions about probability theory and statistics have major repercussions on society. From seemingly minor things like the excessive sensationalism of some headlines, all the way to the jailing of innocent people based on “statistical evidence”. One of the most common misconceptions is the...

Improve your math and programming skills... Project Euler can be an addictive site for people who are passionate about mathematics and programming. You don’t need to be an expert in either of these two disciplines to participate in it’s challenges, but any such skills you may already possess will be an asset. The author of the site,...

An apology to my feed readers... This post is an apology to my feed readers. Due to a misconfiguration of my server, for a few hours, images in my feed were replaced with a message that suggested to “stop stealing content and bandwidth”. That message was intended to be seen on sites that steal my content/bandwidth, not in your...

Book Review: “Mathematicians: An O... In my last blog entry, I mentioned several math books I’ve been reading lately. Over the weekend I wrapped up reading Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World, and wanted to take the opportunity to review it here. Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World is a hardcover book of photos...