I tutor high school and college students in mathematics and physics at the local community college.
Or, at least, I used to be. I have managed a large retail garden center, grown nursery stock and perennials, and propagated annuals and perennials for a plug grower. But the physical work, long hours and low pay took their toll. Now, I maintain a small garden and answer the neighbors’ gardening questions.
Obviously, I am a fan of Fergus Henderson.
A recipe for Cold Lamb’s Brains on Toast
Fergus’s recipe for CdLbB on T can be found in his book, Nose to Tail Eating. For the merely curious, the blog Nose to Tail at Home posted some nice photos.
A Course of Modern Analysis, Whittaker and Watson’s classic work on complex analysis and special functions, deserves wider availability, and, given its many citations and cross references, it is perfect for the web. I have transcribed a six chapters so far and may finish an additional chapter every month or two. The source is available on GitHub.
A decade ago, couple mathematics professors created the Summer Institute for Mathematics at the University of Washington, or SIMUW, to resemble the high school math camps they participated in during the early 1960’s following Sputnik. This six week program is available to high schoolers in grades nine through eleven in Washington, British Columbia, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska. It is math education at its best and most enthusiastic.
Until it fell ten feet to its death, I was the proud owner of a Modbook, a curious and useful rebuilding of a MacBook as a slate tablet. Modbookish is an on-line Modbook community that I was active in.
For a few years, I led a group of fourth and fifth graders’ exploration of math puzzles, problems, and games at Montlake Elementary School in Seattle. Fifth grade is truly the peak in one’s zest for life. It is all downhill from there.