Here are some strange counting questions, gathered under the informative headline “Strange Counting Questions.”
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Bird-feather counters exhibited pluck, tediously
Many humans have spent days, months or years counting feathers. Here are exciting highlights from some of their reports. In 1936 Alexander Wetmore, of the US National Museum in Washington, gathered all the published reports he could find about someone or other counting how many feathers were on particular birds. “The work of feather counting […]
“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 […]
“Why We”: Two men, a counting problem
Here’s a message to count on. Behold this book. Does it add up? Why We Want You to Be Rich: Two Men – One Message. Four authors. EXTRA ASSIGNMENT: Write a fifty-word essay explaining why the book should simply be titled simply Why?