Math on the Tube

Dur­ing the past cou­ple of days, fans from our Face­book page have rec­om­mend­ed two math videos for us. Here they go: “D” offers up a piece called “The New Math” (above), which talks, yes, about the rev­o­lu­tion in teach­ing math­e­mat­ics. As you’ll see, the piece breaks into com­ic song, and it all kind of has an Arlo Guthrie, Alice’s Restau­rant feel to it. A bit of a strange com­bo, to be sure.

Next up, Heather gives us Math­mati­cious (get it here), which is a math­e­mat­i­cal par­o­dy of Fer­gie’s “Fer­ga­li­cious,” although sad­ly or, maybe actu­al­ly hap­pi­ly, I’m not famil­iar with it. Snooty, snarky me…