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Nico Scheerlinck

@nscheerlinck.bsky.social
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Math teacher @NUMA, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium. Interests: math education, math history, mathematical engineering, mathematical biology. Philosophy: Learning by doing. Less is more. Mission: Art and beauty, making maths alive.

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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 13/03/2025
Terry Tao uses Wikipedia! I'll never forget learning this in my conversation with him on the last season of "The Joy of Why." Our new season starts on March 20, and this time, @JannaLevin and I share the mic at the beginning and end of each episode. www.quantamagazine.org/new-conversa...
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New Conversations, Deep Questions, Bold Ideas in Season Four of ‘The Joy of Why’ | Quanta Magazine
Steven Strogatz and Janna Levin return for a new season on major scientific and mathematical questions of our time, with 12 all-new episodes and a new format.
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Chalkdust @chalkdustmag.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The shortlist for the Chalkdust Book of the Year 2024 is out now. View the list and vote for your favourite book at chalkdustmagazine.co.... We'll be publishing short reviews over the next couple of weeks, including notes relating to our four judging criteria: style, control, damage and agression.
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Chalkdust Book of the Year 2024 - Chalkdust
We announce the shortlist of our favourite maths-themed books of last year
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Our world in data: Global education. Ref. Honorary degree Max Roser, KU Leuven. ourworldindata.org/global-educa... www.kuleuven.be/over-kuleuve...
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Global Education
See all our data, visualizations, and writing on global education.
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"Calculus made easy" by Silvanus Thompson. What one fool can do, another can ... calculusmadeeasy.org
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Calculus Made Easy
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Heeft m.i. ook te maken met de werkomgeving waarin we vertoeven. Positieve feedback krijgen over wat je doet en verwezenlijkt, is belangrijk voor een goed zelfbeeld, alsook de kansen (en middelen) die je krijgt om door te groeien in wat je goed kan. Wie je bent wordt ook door de omgeving bepaald ...
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Regering kondigt aan dat (alleenstaande) mensen 1200 euro netto per jaar meer zullen overhouden. Peanuts dus. Wat werkende mensen netto meer krijgen, zou men beter uitdrukken als een percentage van het huidige loon. En dus, conclusie, werkende mensen krijgen quasi geen extra loon naar werken ...
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Kritisch denken als een 21ste-eeuwse vaardigheid: veelbelovende aanpakken voor de onderwijspraktijk ... pedagogischestudien.nl/article/view...
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Weergave van Kritisch denken als een 21ste-eeuwse vaardigheid: veelbelovende aanpakken voor de onderwijspraktijk
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
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The Godmother of the Digital Image (Published 2021)
The mathematician Ingrid Daubechies’ pioneering work in signal processing helped make our electronic world possible — and beat a path for women in the field.
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
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Ingrid Daubechies Awarded National Medal of Science | Duke Today
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Hurray hurray! The days are getting longer again. Enjoy the winter solstice! Wish you all a merry Christmas!
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 16/12/2024
Major advances this year built new monuments in the landscape of math. Some others lay the foundation for monuments to come. Hear about these discoveries by the mathematicians who made them in our new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwVS...
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2024's Biggest Breakthroughs in Math
YouTube video by Quanta Magazine
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Philosophical Thoughts... Could purely random processes be responsible for the precise physical values ​​that allow human life to develop? Is there something going on in the universe that is favorable for the emergence of life and intelligence? #philosophy #science #education #filosofie #wetenschap
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Math is Fun - Geometry for the people www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/ind...
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Geometry
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Vraag me af wie al die publicaties leest? En eerlijk gezegd, er zit immens veel brol tussen ...
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Math Advent Calendar 2024 plus.maths.org/content/adve...
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Advent calendar 2024
In this year's advent calendar we revisit some of our favourite episodes of our Maths on the move podcast! Whether it's the wonders of AI, the uncertainty of chance, or the beauty of pure maths, we ho...
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
+Plus - bringing mathematics to life ... plus.maths.org/content/hann...
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Hannah Fry will join us in Cambridge!
Hannah Fry will join us at the University of Cambridge in January as Cambridge's first Professor for the Public Understanding of Mathematics!
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/11/2024
What better way to broaden your horizons than to follow a bunch of scientists on Bluesky? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Eric's Treasure Trove of Mathematics ... and beyond ... mathworld.wolfram.com
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Wolfram MathWorld: The Web's Most Extensive Mathematics Resource
Comprehensive encyclopedia of mathematics with 13,000 detailed entries. Continually updated, extensively illustrated, and with interactive examples.
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
"A tribute to Leonhard Euler" by William Dunham. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEWj...
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A Tribute to Euler - William Dunham
YouTube video by PoincareDuality
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 05/12/2024
Constant, countless tiny deaths of cells throughout the body are essential to our body’s healthy upkeep. Tune in to “The Joy of Why” with co-host Steven Strogatz: listen.quantamagazine.org/jow-323-s Or read the transcript: www.quantamagazine.org/how-is-cell-...
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How Is Cell Death Essential to Life?
Podcast Episode · The Joy of Why · 12/05/2024 · 39m
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Dat valt me ook op. Ik neem aan dat de hersenen van onze jongeren/leerlingen niet veranderd zijn ... en hopelijk die van onze leerkrachten ook niet ...
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Math Novels abakcus.com/15-beautiful...
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15+ Beautiful Math-Inspired Novels for Math Lovers - Abakcus
Please make your tea ready and choose one of these beautiful math-inspired novels that we have curated for you!
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A math journey ... abakcus.com/greatest-mat...
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20 Greatest Mathematicians of All Time | Abakcus
Take a journey through time and explore the greatest mathematicians throughout history. Learn about their groundbreaking discoveries!
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Dominic Walliman @dominicwalliman.com · 14/11/2024
I just released a new youtube video 🥳 youtu.be/fH4MaSJ8gXU?...
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The Map of Board Games
YouTube video by Domain of Science
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The map of mathematics ... by Dominic Walliman. youtu.be/OmJ-4B-mS-Y?...
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The Map of Mathematics
YouTube video by Domain of Science
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
"Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Mathematics*" by Brendan W. Sullivan. (*But didn’t even know to ask) www.math.cmu.edu/~jmackey/151...
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Archimedes homepage ... #Mathematics www.cs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Arc...
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Archimedes Home Page
Enlargements:
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The Euler Archive ... eulerarchive.maa.org
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The Euler Archive
The Euler Archive is an online resource for Leonhard Euler's original works and modern Euler scholarship. This dynamic library and database provides access to original publications, and references to ...
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Project Euler - Feed your hunger to learn ... #Mathematics #MathEducation projecteuler.net
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About - Project Euler
A website dedicated to the fascinating world of mathematics and programming
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Alex Best @bestieboy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
As my follower count creeps towards that of the old place, an unashamed plug for the FREE online textbook I wrote for #mathbio students. 'Introducing Mathematical Biology' is FREE, interactive, accessible and FREE. Please feel free to share with students. sheffield.pressbooks.pub/introducingm...
Cover of textbook. Photo of path in a forest. Text overlaid saying 'Introducing Mathematical Biology, An Open Education Resource by Alex Best'
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Mathematics Students Resource margalit.droppages.net/tsr/index.html
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Mathematics Students Resource
A professional development resource for beginning researchers in geometry and topology.
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Have a mathematical day ... with Toby Hendy www.youtube.com/@tibees
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Tibees
Hi, I'm Toby, on my channel you can expect to see videos about physics, math, astronomy and the history of science. If you like my channel then please help me out by sharing one of my videos with a ...
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Fundamental theorem of calculus ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_3m...
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Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Explained | Outlier.org
YouTube video by OutlierOrg
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Makers of patterns: Math & Art plus.maths.org/content/make...
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Makers of patterns: Mathematics and art
We explore some of our favourite content on the intersection of mathematics and art.
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Mathematics for the people | Maths on the move plusmathsorg.podbean.com/e/hannah-fry...
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Hannah Fry: Mathematics for the people | Maths on the Move
We're very excited that Hannah Fry is coming to join us in Cambridge in January 2025. Fry is a brilliant mathematician, best-selling author, award winning science presenter and host of popular podcast...
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Mubashar “Mubs” Iqbal @mubashariqbal.com · 11/11/2024
Starter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find. So I built it: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database. Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.
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All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
What a good and groundbreaking news ... www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
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Award-winning broadcaster Hannah Fry joins Cambridge as Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics | University of Cambridge
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Nico Scheerlinck @nscheerlinck.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Bluesky, here I am. Let's celebrate!
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