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.
The Science of Better (.mp3)
How did Wal-Mart become the biggest corporation in the world? How did Amazon create such an efficient infrastructure? The answer, in large part, is both simple and complex: math. Our guest reveals that math impacts countless areas of modern civilization, and more importantly - or frighteningly - that American interest in math appears to wan more and more each year. We're discussing how math makes life better and why the US can't afford to fall behind the curve.
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"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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