By Alice Doyel Guest blogger Benoit Mandelbrot brought us Fractal Geometry. It is the geometry of all forms of nature: mountains and shorelines, weather systems, the plant and animal worlds, inside our bodies, and each of our cells. Mandelbrot says, “I play with pictures, not formulas, and that is what I have done all … Read more The Math Genius Who Could Not Learn His Multiplication Tables
By Alice Doyel Guest blogger Part 2: Innocent Youth Charged with Incitement to Riot and Murder Daniel Alarcón, New York Times Magazine, How Do You Define a Gang Member? (Click on the title for the full 4,500-word article for an in-depth view of the criminal prosecution of this young man) Laws across the country … Read more Clothing + Ethnic Identity = Incitement to Riot + Charged for Murder, Part 2
By Alice Doyel Guest blogger Part 1: Dress Codes Discriminate Against Young People of Color Coming up in the next blog post: Part 2: Innocent Youth Charged with Incitement to Riot and Murder Stanford law professor Richard Thompson Ford looks at why we wear what we wear, how that has changed over the centuries, … Read more Clothing + Ethnic Identity = Incitement to Riot + Charged for Murder