Quotable Maths: Ayrton

An error that ascribes to a man what was actually the work of a woman has more lives than a cat.

- Hertha Marks Ayrton

Colin

Colin is a Weymouth maths tutor, author of several Maths For Dummies books and A-level maths guides. He started Flying Colours Maths in 2008. He lives with an espresso pot and nothing to prove.

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Where do you teach?

I teach in my home in Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth.

It's a 15-minute walk from Weymouth station, and it's on bus routes 3, 8 and X53. On-road parking is available nearby.

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Ask Uncle Colin: Dividing Decimals www.flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk/a…
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I find analogies really useful for informing my intuition — a rough mental model borrowed from another field can gi… twitter.com/i/web/status/12804…
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I think I've pretty much always taught using numbers. twitter.com/stammer_teacher/st…
July 6, 2020 9:00 pm
π/4 equals 1, minus a third, plus a fifth, minus a seventh, plus a ninth, minus an eleventh, plus a thirteenth, min… twitter.com/i/web/status/12801…
July 6, 2020 12:28 pm
Right now I’m skeptical that we *can* drive through all this floodwater, but we are where we are primarily because… twitter.com/i/web/status/12801…
July 6, 2020 12:10 pm

Quotable Maths: Ayrton

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