Issue 7: In the Name of Pi, Math in Our Lives
Starting with elementary school until we finish high school, and still pushed on us in college, is math. Why do we spend so much time studying the subject if our "careers" don't necessarily use it? We're going to delve into mathematics and look at how we use it in our daily lives, both in the ancient past and in the present: the use of zero, the discovery of geometry, pyramids, astronomy, you name it!
Starting with elementary school until we finish high school, and still pushed on us in college, is math. Why do we spend so much time studying the subject if our "careers" don't necessarily use it? We're going to delve into mathematics and look at how we use it in our daily lives, both in the ancient past and in the present: the use of zero, the discovery of geometry, pyramids, astronomy, you name it!
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10 | ORIGINS<br />
suggest<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> teeth were worn as pendants<br />
or, accord<strong>in</strong>g to WIRED’s Matt Simon, islanders<br />
provided giant aye-ayes with dental care.<br />
Though endangered, <strong>the</strong> aye-aye can be saved<br />
from purposeful slaughter<strong>in</strong>g (and possible<br />
dental experimentation) if public programs <strong>in</strong><br />
Madagascar work with educat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> people<br />
about <strong>the</strong> lemur’s uniqueness.<br />
Species come and go, but is it right for people<br />
to be <strong>the</strong> only decid<strong>in</strong>g factor for who and<br />
what lives on and is permanently removed<br />
from Earth’s ecosystems? t<br />
Learn more about aye-aye<br />
conservation efforts regard<strong>in</strong>g<br />
this near threatened<br />
species with Durrell<br />
“Sav<strong>in</strong>g Species from Ext<strong>in</strong>ction.”<br />
www.durrell.org<br />
AYE-AYE HAND SHOWING THE ELONGATED MIDDLE FINGER,<br />
From <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Copenhagen Zoological Museum. Photo by Dr. Mirko Junge.<br />
www.knowyourorig<strong>in</strong>s.org
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