Mad about Science: Spheres
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist In case you forgot, Pi Day is Friday, March 14 — a celebration of one of the most important numbers in our universe: 3.14159. Pi is the ratio of...
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Mad about Science: Curious Medieval Sciences
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You’ve heard me say it a hundred times: the medieval period gets a bad rap. Littered with stories of gluttonous lords, illiterate peasants and noble knights slaying dragons at...
Emily Articulated: Math, magic and Valentine’s Day
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist It began a few weeks ago — the aisles at grocery stores turning pink-and-red, the targeted ads on my devices shifting from running shoes and heavy knit sweaters to...
Mad About Science: Weird, magical math
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Galileo once wrote: “Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.” Take that as literally or figuratively as you want, your decision is based on a...
Mad About Science: Hooray for Pi day!
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Sponsored by the Sandpoint Library Were you aware there is a holiday this month? You can use eggs for this holiday, but it’s not Easter! It’s Pi Day! (Or...
