Of math and ambigrams: Exploring Symmetry

Fear, awe and the algebra of the pendulum

Aug 11, 2008

In response to my previous posting titled How artists work, Leigh Wolf pointed out a book (Curious Minds: How a child becomes a scientist). I had not heard of this book before and a quick google search led me to this page. Edited by John Brockman (the brains behind...

Facebook Username

Jun 13, 2009

I now have a facebook username! Hah! Check out http://www.facebook.com/punyamishra/

Sita sings the blues

Jan 19, 2008

I have been following Nina Paley's career for a while now. I first found out about her through the now defunct Desi website, badmash.com and have tracked her website off and on. Nina is an amazing animator and her best work is devoted to the Indian epic The Ramayana...

Jere Brophy

Oct 16, 2009

Jere Brophy Scholar, Teacher, Friend Untitled This is what was bequeathed us: This earth the beloved left And, leaving, Left to us. No other world But this one: Willows and the river And the factory With its black smokestacks. No other shore, only this bank On which...

Computational Thinking paper wins Outstanding Paper

Feb 22, 2017

A paper co-authored with Jon Good and Aman Yadav, building on Jon's practicum study has received the Outstanding Paper Award at the SITE 2017. Complete reference, link to article and abstract given below. Good. J., Yadav. A., & Mishra, P....

A different vision of the web

Jan 12, 2009

T. H. Nelson coined the word "hypertext" and more than anyone else, and much earlier than anyone else, truly understood how computing technology would change the text and print. One of my most treasured possession is a copy of his double-book ("Computer Lib: You Can...

Happy 2009, a stop motion movie

Dec 24, 2008

Soham, Shreya and I spent this afternoon making a couple of stop-motion animation new year's card. Check it out... http://www.youtube.com/embed/7kw_icNKI44 https://vimeo.com/41488009 Have a great 2009!

ChatGPT3 writes a Mathematical Proof (in verse)

Feb 25, 2023

Many years ago I got interested in writing poetry about mathematics (all archived on my Math-Poetry page). Just to be clear, I am not a good poet (far from it) and I am even less of a mathematician—but it was a fun exercise to engage in. That said, a couple of my...

Gary Marks, Lifetime achievement award

Mar 6, 2009

Gary Marks is the director/founder of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)and also the Executive Officer of the Society of Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE). As a part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of SITE, Gary...