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MathHappens @ the Thinkery with Marjorie Rice Tessellating Pentagons

Lauren SiegelMarch 7, 2019History Connections, Intern Experience, Making Math, Musuem, Ways to like math, We think math is fun!Leave a Comment

We had a great time at the Thinkery’s Community Spotlight: Women in STEAM. Thanks to Halle Herzog, Kyla Kalugden and Cassandra Gonzalez. We featured the irregular pentagon tilings and artistic butterfly stylings of Marjorie Rice. Marjorie Rice found 4 of the remaining 6 types that were still unidentified in 1975. For this activity we looked at a number of shapes
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MathHappens Mailroom – What did we get?

Lauren SiegelFebruary 19, 2019History Connections, Mathematical ArtifactsLeave a Comment

I still need to track down “authorities” to verify, but this appears to be a real handwritten letter or speech written by a Robert Greuzbauer, a Texas surveyor about the VARA and Chain standards for measuring land. It gives a very clear description of the Vara standard and how it relates, or doesn’t relate to the Chains used elsewhere and
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