Quote of the day by Maria Goeppert Mayer: “Mathematics began to seem too much like puzzle solving. Physics is puzzle solving, too, but of puzzles created by nature, n…

Maria Goeppert Mayer is remembered as one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. She was born in Germany ...
Lompoc Record

'Mathletes' show off skills, knowledge during annual Math Superbowl in Santa Maria

Mar 27, 2018 Mar 27, 2018 Updated Jun 24, 2019 Sixty-five "mathletes" from local school districts showed their skills Tuesday during a sequence of tests and team-building exercises at Santa ...
Noozhawk

Santa Maria-Bonita District Students Featured in Math Curriculum

Three Santa Maria-Bonita School District (SMBSD) students are being highlighted in a new, nationwide math curriculum. Current eighth-grade students at Tommie Kunst Junior High School — Kenneth Corona, ...
The Press Democrat

Pi Day math tournament mixes equations and pastries in Santa Rosa

Student mathematicians spent Saturday crunching numbers and solving equations at Maria Carrillo High School’s library as part of an academic tournament celebrating Pi Day, March 14.
Scientific American

Maria Agnesi, the Greatest Female Mathematician You've Never Heard of

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The outmoded gender stereotype that women lack mathematical ability suffered ...
Santa Maria Times

Photos: Schools from Santa Maria, Orcutt and Guadalupe compete in the 'Math Superbowl'

A "Superbowl" rolled through Santa Maria Tuesday morning, drawing 65 "mathletes" from the Santa Maria-Bonita, Orcutt Union and Guadalupe Union school districts to compete in a morning's worth of math ...