Tag Archives: Fractals and Tessellations

Beat a Path to the Museum of Math

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Daniel Scher
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As a New Yorker, I have no lack of museums to suit my every viewing whim. Matisse? Just head to the Metropolitan. Edvard Munch? The Scream is at the Museum of Modern Art. But where should I go when I’m … Continue reading →

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The Mathematics of Logos

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Karen Greenhaus

As you may know, we created a new logo for Key using a circle and rotational animation to create a visual representation of pi. Karen Coe describes this in her post Branding Isn’t About Math. Are You Sure About That?, … Continue reading →

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Writing Mathematics with Sketchpad

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Scott Steketee

In a recent blog post, Karen Coe referred to Conrad Wolfram’s opinion that programming is to mathematics what composition is to English. I’ve taught programming and written a lot of Sketchpad code, and I appreciate Wolfram’s analogy. In English class, … Continue reading →

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Graffiti as Street Math?

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Josephine Noah
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Last night, Key and our sister company KCP Technologies had an outing to the California Academy of Sciences weekly “NightLife” event–every Thursday night, the Academy opens to adults only with a theme of the evening, as well as opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Fractals—Math, Science, Art, and Sketchpad

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Karen Greenhaus

Josephine mentions in her recent post how exciting it was to see what someone was doing in mathematics and that it involved Sketchpad. I also was inspired by someone who stopped by our booth at NCTM Albuquerque after having seen … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween! Sketchpad Tessellation

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Karen Greenhaus

I saw this very well-done Sketchpad rotational symmetry tessellation of the St. Louis Cardinal this past week by a college student at NCTM in St. Louis.  It got me exploring some designs of my own, so I thought I would … Continue reading →

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Eat Your Vegetables! Do Your Math!

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Elizabeth DeCarli

I was not a picky eater as a child. My parents had no trouble convincing me to eat my peas, artichokes, and even spinach (in the form of my dad’s delicious Thanksgiving stuffing). But I drew the line at Brussels … Continue reading →

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To the Holidays, and Beyond!

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Elizabeth DeCarli

Oh, the holidays. That blissful time of year when I can turn my thoughts away from deadlines (whose great idea was it to have a company blog, anyhow?) and stacks in my inbox and, for a brief but welcome change, … Continue reading →

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