Out-of-print math titles whose covers, contents, or creators the present generation could still remember, because when they were students, teachers, or parents, these wallet-friendly, brain-unfriendly books had positively impacted their mathematical learning or teaching, which were unsurprisingly bestsellers of their day.
Singapore’s zombie math titles of yesteryear like Fabian Ng’s “Process Skills in Problem Solving,” Dr Y H Leong’s “Challenging Problems in Mathematics,” and K C Yan’s “Mathematical Quickies & Trickies” had not only differentiated themselves from the sea of canned drill-and-kill titles, but they have since become an integral part of the local math education culture.
by Fasters February 05, 2022
Get the Zombie Math Titlesmug. When the last battle between good and evil prior to the Judgement Day would take place could hypothetically or unprovenly be divined from the digits of the decimal number π.
Both number theorists and biblical numerologists are hell-bent to figuring out the D-day for Pimageddon—who would be the pi futurist who stubbornly claimed to be able to predict Christ’s Second Coming, Who had already forewarned his followers that He would return to earth like a thief?
by Fasters December 30, 2021
Get the Pimageddonmug. When speculating in cryptocurrencies and crypto assets is a perfect recipe to delayed or no retirement, bankruptcy, or even jail imprisonment, thanks to the greed, dishonesty, and irresponsibility of founders of both cryptocurrency exchanges and stablecoins.
Since the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, a number of retired folks dabbling in the crypto ecosystem and hoping to maximize their savings have gone from zero crypto to crypto zero.
by Fasters November 25, 2022
Get the Crypto Zeromug. A shelf that displays your math memorabilia (abacuses, slide rules, polygonal stamps, math-related postcards, 3D wooden puzzles, topology toys, …) that are likely to be a topic of conversation as friends and strangers visit your home.
Ian’s mathematical shrine is made up of origami polyhedrons, magic card tricks, Napier’s rods, vintage calculators and clocks, and Lilliputian math books.
by Fasters February 24, 2022
Get the Mathematical Shrinemug. A meal that uses no more than three ingredients plus condiments of the same color apparently for pleasing or tasteful appearance.
by Fasters March 04, 2023
Get the The Pi Dietmug. An excessive use of numbers or statistics to quantify everything and everyone, be it in the collection of data in a census or survey, the use or misuse of analytics or metrics, and data harvesting by big tech companies, with the aim to brainwash or control people, and to influence their decisions and habits.
Both governments and media conglomerates haven’t ceased to indulge in mathematical orgy to track people’s likes and dislikes, emotions and moods, and fears and worries.
by Fasters April 18, 2023
Get the Mathematical Orgymug. Short for “Always Stop And Pray”—when you need to be as smart or sharp as possible in tackling urgent and important matters, by relying on the Holy Spirit (the Third Person in the Trinity) for wisdom and direction for your solution.
The moment I realize that ASAP needn’t always stand for “As Soon As Possible,” I quickly submitted this long-overdue definition for publication.
by Fasters May 14, 2022
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