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On 25 Feb 2003 at 23:58, Sarad AV wrote:
Ethnomathematics is the study of mathematics which takes
into consideration the culture in which mathematics arises.
Mathematics is often associated with the study of
universals. When we speak of universals, however, it is
important to recognize
John Bethencourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 10:02:05PM +1300, Peter Gutmann wrote:
Well, I made a start a few years ago with Network Security: A Feminist
Perspective (done when people ask me to do security talks for them without
bothering to specify which aspect of security
Bill Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Actually doing a female-oriented physics or teaching curriculum is fine, if
somebody can do a good job of it.
Well, I made a start a few years ago with Network Security: A Feminist
Perspective (done when people ask me to do security talks for them without
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 10:02:05PM +1300, Peter Gutmann wrote:
Well, I made a start a few years ago with Network Security: A Feminist
Perspective (done when people ask me to do security talks for them without
bothering to specify which aspect of security they want me to talk about)
about
At 5:41 PM -0800 on 2/24/03, Tim May wrote:
Here's an image the censors are already trying to get removed:
http://images.ogrish.com/2003/2212003/decap3.jpg
Yuck.
I can't wait to see where Tim got this one from.
I expect he's trolling the universe with it, though...
Cheers,
RAH
Who
At 05:41 PM 02/24/2003 -0800, Tim May wrote:
Seriously, this flap is old news. I remember about a dozen years ago
when some feminista professor was teaching female-oriented physics.
Actually, she was _advocating_ the teaching of female-oriented physics.
Was she an actual physics professor, talking
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From: Bill Stewart[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 2:52 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Ethnomathematics
At 05:41 PM 02/24/2003 -0800, Tim May wrote:
Seriously, this flap is old news. I remember about a dozen years ago
when
On Monday, February 24, 2003, at 04:43 PM, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Ethnomathematics
Good lord, this sounds like it was practically designed to sabotage
the prospects for minorities to excel in mathematics, by encouraging
them to waste their efforts on nonsense and useless
Anonymous wrote:
Ethnomathematics
Good lord, this sounds like it was practically designed to sabotage the
prospects for minorities to excel in mathematics, by encouraging them to
waste their efforts on nonsense and useless trivia.
Good lord, this sounds like it was practically designed to sabotage the
prospects for minorities to excel in mathematics, by encouraging them to
waste their efforts on nonsense and useless trivia.
This was kind of the thrust of my recent posts on the black issue. There's
almost the built-in
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