What if Pi Day, perhaps the best known mathematical holiday, was actually better celebrated in the summer? Currently falling on March 14 — 3/14, in honor of the first three digits of the infamous ...

In his new book, "Math With Bad Drawings: Illuminating The Ideas That Shape Our Reality" Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is. It's myriad uses, it's strange symbols, and the wild leaps of ...

Ben Orlin is a high school teacher and tutor in Oakland, California. He contributes regularly to Math with Bad Drawings. It's hard to get a true sense of what a classroom is really like—especially ...

If math never quite stuck for you, Ben Orlin is here to change that. He says think of math as a language. Numbers are the nouns and the arithmetic... LISTEN: Math tricks for everyday life If math ...

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Ben Orlin is a math teacher who can’t draw. By Ben Orlin By Ben Orlin Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six ...