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Potato_inca_food

Potato Inca's Food
As Other Staples Soar, Potatoes Break New Ground.

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Bandurria, Peruvian Archeological Site

Bandurria is the oldest Peruvian archaeological site, says expert
Bandurria may rival Caral as oldest citadel in Americas.
Satellite View: circular ceremonial center

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Geometry Musical Theory

Geometry shapes sound of music. Journal Science publishes paper by music professors from Florida State, Princeton and Yale.

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Charlton Heston and Machu Picchu

Charlton Heston and Machu Picchu. Film legend Charlton Heston dead at 84.

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Thank God it’s Pi Day: Next Friday is a rather special date. The month (3) and the day (14) give us 3.14  which is pi to two decimal places. That’s enough for teachers around the world to mark it as International Pi Day.
Video: Pi Day made by a 7th grade math teacher for students in Louisville, KY.

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Computers can use geometry to predict pretty faces
The Renaissance artists’ formula for beauty.

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Sechin Bajo: 5500 year-old plaza in Peru

Plaza in Peru may be the America's oldest urban site
The circular structure at the ruins of Sechin Bajo is about 5,500 years old, archaeologists report.

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NY State’s return to geometry

New York State’s return to geometry requires teacher preparation 

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MAA's Mathematical Study Tour of Peru, the Land of the Incas.
The Mathematical Association of America is announcing the 6th annual MAA Mathematical Study Tour of Peru.
Explore Peru, its mathematics, cultural heritage and scenic wonders, with leadership by two Peru experts: Douglas Sharon, former director of the Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC-Berkeley and Carrie Brezine, manager of the khipus database at Harvard.

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It’s All About Geometry: Protein Contact Surfaces Hold Key to Cures 
Supercomputer Powers Tool to Reveal Hidden Interactions, University of California, San Diego.

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"Geometry is king," said Tom Stites, Nike Golf's Director of Product Creation for Clubs. "The principle of geometry provides our research and development team with unlimited possibilities and inspiration, and the new SUMO˛ Fairway Wood is a derivative of that." 

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Math in the News

Math in the News 
Algebra, Analysis, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, Applied Mathematics...

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Theory of Everything 

Geometry is All: An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything by A. Garrett Lisi
Is Garrett Lisi another Einstein?
Video: Is this the Theory of Everything? November 25, 2007

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Group E8 solved 

Lie group E8' math puzzle solvedThis achievement is significant both as an advance in basic knowledge and because of the many connections between E8 and other areas, including string theory and geometry.

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The Oldest Temple in the Americas 

Finally unearthed after 4000 years, the Peruvian fire temple

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Smart Money is on the Science.
Math in the News 

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Mummified Inca maiden wows crowds, Salta, Argentina

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Researchers say Italy's 5,000-year-old Iceman died from head trauma, not arrow

59.

Explanation of the Poincare Conjecture - Video

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Existence of a geometric module in the brain?

With Turnover High, Schools Fight for Teachers

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Choquequirao, an ancient Inca site: Canary expedition in search of the white stone llamas.

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Peru overcame Tajikistan 5-4.  World Cup Korea 2007 FIFA U-17

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Machu Picchu is now among seven wonders world July 7, 2007 (07.07.07)
Video: Machu Picchu and the Incas. See the Geometry of the Incas.

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 Space Geometry in the News

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Ranking of the New 7 Wonders finalists as of June 7, 2007
Machu Picchu is one of the Top 10.
The New 7 Wonders of the World will be announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07.

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NC State University paleontologist: 5-foot penguins populated prehistoric Peru
 

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Copa America 2007 in the news.
 

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Boca Raton in the news.
 

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Robert Frost in the news. The Road Not Taken.
 

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Nazca Lines in the news
 

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Video: New 7 Wonders Finalists
Machu Picchu is one of the Top 10.
The New 7 Wonders of the World will be announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07.

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The Price Of Raising A Golf Star
 

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Nanotechnology Golf Shaft
 

44.

Fun With Math! Geometry Wars Arrives On Nintendo Wii, DS
 

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America's Greatest Golf Courses 2007/08
 

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Golf News
 

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Peruvian Music: Grupo Nectar Tragedy  

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Geometry of Viruses
The University of York mathematician probes geometric route to combat viruses

39.

Baseball and Math: Yankees Will Dominate Baseball This Year
According to a mathematician who applies math to real-life situations.

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News: Infants Are Able To Detect The 'Impossible' At An Early Age

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The Thirteen Towers of Chankillo, Peru.
Stone Towers Are Decoded as Earliest Solar Observatory in the Americas.

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Machu Picchu picked by Leslie E. Robertson. the éminence grise of American engineering.

Machu Picchu: Top Ten Feats of Man-Made Wonder, Picked by Structural Engineers Machu Picchu picked by Leslie E. Robertson. the éminence grise of American engineering.

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The Geometry of Musical Chords
Department of Music, Princeton University and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

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Chachapoya Pre-Inca ruin discovered in Peru. January 17, 2007
 

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Chachapoyas Mummies.
Moment 600 years ago that terror came to Mummies of the Amazon.

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Geometry in Action: Branching into geometry
Espaliered fruit trees can take many forms.

31.

Journal Science selects top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2006
Science breakthrough of the year: The Poincare Conjecture Proved.

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Pre-Inca Sican treasures of Peru's Pomac Forest
Pre-Inca burial site found.

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Fermat's Last Theorem
Central Michigan University, CMU, gets chance at math challenge

28.

Tissue Geometry Plays Crucial Role in Breast Cell Invasion

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Machu Picchu and the election of the New Seven Wonders of the World

26.

Math History: Euclid returns to math lessons
Knowing how a mathematical theory developed improves a pupil's understanding of it.

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Nike Golf's Geometry

24.

Engineer leaves career to teach geometry

23.

Navier-Stokes Equation, Millennium Prize $1 million
Has famous math problem been solved, and in only a month?

22.

Faces on Mars and Earth. ESA probe confirms Face of Mars is a naturally formed hill.
Nestled in the clays of the Andes Mountains, near Colca Canyon, Arequipa, Peru, is the face of a man as viewed from space in Google Earth.

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Robert Frost Poem Discovered.  Grad student finds Frost poem lost for 88 years while searching through material in Special Collections.

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Geometry in Action: Artery Geometry
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Intracranial Aneurysms: Effects of Parent Artery Segmentation on Intra-Aneurysmal Hemodynamics

19.

Poincare Conjecture: Russian to turn down million dollar prize for maths.

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Geometry Of Blood Vessels May Influence Heart Disease

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Duke Engineers Probing Contortions of the Heart's Blood Vessels

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Machu Picchu and the Bridge Satellite image

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Vicunas, Inca Gold of the Andes

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Peru opens Caral ruins to tourists

Caral: the oldest civilization in the New World
 

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Teamgeist world cup official ball and Geometry
 

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Tattooed mummy puzzles scientists in Peru.
They say items found alongside female hint that she was a warrior.
 

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Celestial Find at Ancient Andes.
Stonehenge-era celestial observatory oldest found in region.
 

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Boca Raton High students and Geometry.

9.

The Porsche 911 and Geometric Art with New Variable Turbine Geometry (VTG).
 

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Japanese Find New Nazca Lines In Peru. Apr 21, 2006.
Yamagata University,
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
 

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Machu Picchu and Yale University. Peru tells Yale it wants its Machu Picchu treasures back (after 100 years).
 

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Peru: from the art of the Chavin to the Incas. 3,000 years of Peruvian art on show in Paris.

 

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 Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.  Interactive map. Walking in the footsteps of the Incas is one of the world's oldest treks. Explore one of the most intriguing destinations on the planet.

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Baby Got Math: Seven-month-olds Show An Abstract Numerical Sense Before They Can Even Talk.

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Humans Hard-wired into brain for Geometry.

 

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Torino Games and Geometric Art.

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The Quipu: Caral, Ancient Peru city reveals 5,000-year-old 'writing'.
Puruchuco: Knotty Incan Accounting Untangled.

 

 

 
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