Welcome!
I have arranged this site to provide information that may be of
interest to my students or colleagues. Here you can obtain information
about the research I do, ratings I've made of the movies I've seen, or
even information about my personal life. If you have any questions,
don't hesitate to email me.
Click here to see what events are coming up within the next 21 days.
You may also download posters for the Sigma Xi Lecture.
Important Notice
For a variety of reasons, I will be posting all of the assignments
and related materials for my courses on the college's BlackBoard site.
You do not need a course password to "enroll" in the course's
Blackboard site. To log into the site
you will need your BlackBoard username and password. If you run into
difficulty logging in, e-mail me, and contact CIT for more help if
necessary.
To enroll in the course, login to BlackBoard, select the courses tab
and search for the course number. BlackBoard will display a list of
courses that match the search, select the course you are taking and
click the enroll button next to that course.
If you are enrolled in an AIM enabled course, you will need to log in to do the assignments.
Other Information
- Math talks at or near Ursinus.
- Some information about my research.
- My CV.
- A little about me.
- Photos of my personal life.
- Photos of my dog (sadly, she passed away in July 2006).
- Student movie ratings: Every
semester I have my students fill out index cards with their names and
favorite movies on them. This is the current list sorted by number of
times selected and title.
- Cool math stuff.
- My site debunking some common math myths.
- Interesting stuff (well, I find it interesting anyways).
- Software and hardware I use and like.
While I'm sure there are businesses just lining up with piles of cash
for my endoresement, products listed here appear unfettered by
commercial influence. As time permits I'll include commentary on why I
like these products. Note: many of them are free!
- Directions to Ursinus College from Moravian College.
- A talk I gave at the Viewpoints Reunion conference on 11/12/05 as PDF or Flash. Full size images are also available.
- Photographs of George Hart's visit to Ursinus College in Spring 2007 are available as a spiffy Flash site, or a plane ol' HTML site.
My Current Favorite Quote
"Anybody
who thinks he can 'see,' or find in nature, a Euclidean point (or a
straight line, or a differentiable curve) needs urgent medical
attention."
-Branko GrŸnbaum, Geometer
More Cool Quotes
"We shall for the present conclude by
observing, as the senses of sight and hearing can be so forcibly and
instantaneously addressed alike with one thousand as with one, the million
might be taught geometry and other branches of mathematics with great
ease, this would advance the purpose of education more than any thing
that might
be named, for it
would teach the people how to think, and not what to think; it is in
this particular the great error of education originates."
-Oliver Byrne, 1847
Caveat Emptor
This page and all of the pages associated with it are constantly
under construction and revision. There may be errors that appear here,
which naturally are the sole responsibility of the author (me), but if
you find any I'd like to to know about it.