Book Review: A Slice of Pi

If you love math, you’ll love A Slice of Pi – All The Math You Forgot To Remember From School  by Liz Strachan.  It’s a great little reference book full of short vignettes and explanations on different historical references, famous theorems and proofs, and interesting explanations.  Strachan discusses topics that include: Fibonacci, Euclid, Binary Numbers, the […]

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Book Review: “Drive” by Daniel Pink

Recently, I finished Daniel Pink’s (@DanielPink) book Drive (http://www.danpink.com/books/drive/). This book is an excellent collection of motivation strategies meant to be used in the corporate setting, classroom, or places where people need a little extra “drive!”  It was easy to read and offered practical advice that I found applicable for the classroom. One part that particularly intrigued […]

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