Here's an interesting story of a girl in Michigan with Grapheme-Color Synesthesia. In other words, she visualizes each digit, zero through nine, as a different color.
For her, and others with the same condition, it adds a new splash to math work.
Date and Time
At 12:34 on May 6, 1978, there was a peculiar lining up of dates and hours that will not happen again until the year 2078. On that day the numbers in the hour 12:34 were followed by the number Sequence of the month, day, and year for May 6, 1978, which reads 5/6/78. The resulting Sequence was 12345678. http://www.skygaze.com/content/facts/math.shtml
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Quote Of The Day
"It should be evident that each step in my career has rested on a firm foundation in mathematics. For me, the study of mathematics was the key that opened the doors to the universe."
NASA Astronaut
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