James Tanton

Mathematical Association of America
Educational, Public Lecture
PIMS Public Lecture: Cake and Mathematics
April 26, 2019
University of British Columbia
Guidobaldo del Monte (1545-1647), a patron and friend of Galileo Galilei, believed he had witnessed the creation of something out of nothing when he established mathematically that zero equals one. He thereby thought that he had proved the existence...
Educational, Workshop
Free Professional Development for Teachers at UBC
April 27, 2019
University of British Columbia
In this workshop teachers will learn a new and effective method for teaching the concept of place value and all the arithmetic operations with numbers. They will experience mathematics as meaningful, coherent and beautiful and will leave inspired to...
Scientific, Distinguished Lecture
PIMS Public Lecture: Cake and Mathematics
April 26, 2019
University of British Columbia
Guidobaldo del Monte (1545-1647), a patron and friend of Galileo Galilei, believed he had witnessed the creation of something out of nothing when he established mathematically that zero equals one. He thereby thought that he had proved the existence...