Comments on: girls and math — do we have to add it up for you? http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2008/07/girls-and-math-do-we-have-to-add-it-up-for-you.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anon http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2008/07/girls-and-math-do-we-have-to-add-it-up-for-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-2121 anon Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:00:15 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2000#comment-2121 grr, meant "heavisides', fun history there" but a flaming rodent ate something. grr, meant “heavisides’, fun history there” but a flaming rodent ate something.

]]> By: anon http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2008/07/girls-and-math-do-we-have-to-add-it-up-for-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-2120 anon Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:59:24 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2000#comment-2120 hate to point this out, but the photo is more of physics than math. quantum mechanics, classical mechanics (mostly), "maxwell's equations" (actuallly hevisidesfun history there, worth a read), and what looks like simple transformations expressed to be used in gravitational work. but i do know quite a few incredibly good mathematicians who are women. and three hot, hot, HOT mathematicians (us, german, and romanian) who are frighteningly good and productive, which is a rare combination in any gender. you might be interested in the history of emily noether, too. she fundamentally changed how many people think about conservation laws in physics, gave them a solid mathematical underpinning, and all that with full knowledge that she could never be more than a low-level instructor at the time. a drive like that has no gender and shows the amazing side of any person. hate to point this out, but the photo is more of physics than math. quantum mechanics, classical mechanics (mostly), “maxwell’s equations” (actuallly hevisidesfun history there, worth a read), and what looks like simple transformations expressed to be used in gravitational work.

but i do know quite a few incredibly good mathematicians who are women. and three hot, hot, HOT mathematicians (us, german, and romanian) who are frighteningly good and productive, which is a rare combination in any gender. you might be interested in the history of emily noether, too. she fundamentally changed how many people think about conservation laws in physics, gave them a solid mathematical underpinning, and all that with full knowledge that she could never be more than a low-level instructor at the time. a drive like that has no gender and shows the amazing side of any person.

]]> By: Dan http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2008/07/girls-and-math-do-we-have-to-add-it-up-for-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-2112 Dan Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:22:05 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2000#comment-2112 It makes me laugh when people talk about boys or girls being better at certain subjects than others, obviously in the 'old' days girls just never studied these subjects. When you do a fair survey you see that gender is irrelevant, and that the only reason its an issue is because just like with our racism, we are also still a sexist society, we just pretend like we aren't. Still, its nice to know we are getting close to women being treated equally and properly. Love ya girls! It makes me laugh when people talk about boys or girls being better at certain subjects than others, obviously in the ‘old’ days girls just never studied these subjects. When you do a fair survey you see that gender is irrelevant, and that the only reason its an issue is because just like with our racism, we are also still a sexist society, we just pretend like we aren’t.

Still, its nice to know we are getting close to women being treated equally and properly.

Love ya girls!

]]> By: Kaija http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2008/07/girls-and-math-do-we-have-to-add-it-up-for-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-2109 Kaija Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:48:25 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2000#comment-2109 Hooray for smart geeky girls who can amazingly be other things (silly, loud, pretty, athletic, musical, quirky, etc). AT THE SAME TIME! As a math chick (among other things!), I am glad to see what we all knew would eventually occur happening sooner rather than later. Give girls the same opportunities, encouragement, protection from scorn, tools and they will excel. Larry Summers can kiss my calculator! :P Hooray for smart geeky girls who can amazingly be other things (silly, loud, pretty, athletic, musical, quirky, etc). AT THE SAME TIME! As a math chick (among other things!), I am glad to see what we all knew would eventually occur happening sooner rather than later. Give girls the same opportunities, encouragement, protection from scorn, tools and they will excel. Larry Summers can kiss my calculator! :P

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