Readers of a certain temperament, who seek high levels of stimulation, may feel a bit deflated —led on, then let down by the title — upon learning that the monograph called “Exploding Species” is about counting the number of species. The study is: “Exploding Species,” Trevor Price [pictured here], Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 11, Issue […]
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Math Exercise: Count the REPETITION
This week’s Math Exercise is: Count how many times the word “repetition” appears in the following text. The text is the citation for a published academic study: “Importance and Need of Reconsidering Rhetorical Repetition,” Sabzalipour Jahandust [pictured here], Journal of Faculty of Letters and Humanities (Tabriz), Fall 2009-Winter 2010; 52(211):81-103. The author, at Rasht Azad University, […]
“George Washington: He Liked to Count Things”
“Of all the presidents we have had, George Washington was the only who really counted.” That single sentence with its double meaning comes at the end of a four-page monograph published in 1978 in the Alabama Journal of Mathematics. The report’s title is, George Washington: He Liked to Count Things. The author Pete Casazza, a mathematician […]
Dutch bug-splatter-on-cars count
This graph shows seven days of bug-splat data. The bugs splatted onto the license plates of automobiles traveling in The Netherlands. The graph is color-coded to show approximate time-of-day when the splatting happened. It’s part of the Wageningen-University-based SplashTeller project. BONUS: Mark Hostetler was awarded the 1997 Ig Nobel Prize in entomology for his scholarly book, […]