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While many developed civilizations have left written language for us to interpret through the centuries, others developed their own less-understood means of writing, often through pictures.
With the help of mathematics, researchers in England are cracking the code, so to speak, on the writings and images left to us by ancient inhabitants of Scotland.
Their findings have recently been published the Proceedings of the Royal Society.
Actually, make that more specific: the underwater world.
Using mathematical models, Cornell University researchers have developed tools to help marine biologists better understand the processes that occur underwater, including coral bleaching and bacterial diseases.
Jaime Escalante changed minds and opinions about the possibility of successfully teaching demanding subjects to inner-city students. In 1982, 14 of Escalante's students at Garfield High School in working-class East Los Angeles passed the Advanced Placement calculus exam. Many more students took and passed the challenging exam during Escalante's years teaching at the school.
A native of Bolivia, Escalante came to the U.S. in 1963 with only $3,000 and little English ability. His story was portrayed in the 1988 film "Stand and Deliver."
Escalante died Tuesday, March 30, in California. He was 79.
"It was my mathematics education that prepared me for the rigors of designing and implementing the programs for large-scale simulations… and for the logical thinking and planning necessary to debug and develop the components of computer operating systems."
Computer Scientist
Figures represent salary potential.
Brazilian soccer player Roberto Carlos probably never expected that his near-impossible goal would become a mathematical study.
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