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Jason Rosenhouse received
his PhD in mathematics
from Dartmouth College in 2000.
He subsequently spent three years as a post-doc at
Kansas State University.
Observing the machinations of the Kansas Board of Education
led to his unhealthy obsession with issues related
to evolution and creationism.
Currently he is an Associate Professor of
Mathematics at James Madison University,
in Harrisonburg, VA.
August 30, 2008
Category: Anti-Creationism
Time to wrap this up. So here are a few more interesting moments from the conference. The one genuinely interesting talk I attended had nothing to do with science at all. It was entitled “A Critique of the Precreation Chaos...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:59 PM • 109 Comments •
August 29, 2008
Category: Politics
By now I'm sure you have heard that John McCain has chosen Alaska governor Sarah “Teach the Controversy” Palin to be his running mate. I think The New Republic has the most sensible take, by Peter Scoblic:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:13 PM • 17 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
This article, from Mother Jones, has some smirk-worthy quotable bits. It's subject is the recent convention of the Fellowship of Christian Magicians:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:48 PM • 5 Comments •
August 27, 2008
Category: Mathematics
The big Monty Hall book is working its way through production. Just received the proposed catalog copy on my destined for a Pulitzer masterpiece. Seems my book is, among other things, “light-hearted yet ultimately serious.” Why yes, come to think...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:18 PM • 59 Comments •
August 26, 2008
Category: Anti-Creationism
Here are a few more vignettes from the big conference. A fellow named Mark Matthews gave a presentation arguing that the Earth was located at or near the center of the universe. Most of the talk was given over to...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:28 PM • 74 Comments •
August 24, 2008
Category: Anti-Creationism
An interesting exchange took place during the Q and A of a talk entitled “Georgia Public School Board Members' Beliefs Concerning the Inclusion of Creationism in the Science Curriculum.” The speaker was Kathie Morgan of LIberty University. The talk itself...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:11 PM • 78 Comments •
August 21, 2008
Category: Mathematics
As the Beijing Olympics comes to a close, let us take a moment to congratulate the United States Team for their third place finish in the recently completed International Mathematical Olympiad, held in Madrid. The U.S. Team included Alex Zhai,...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:51 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
Only time for quick blogging today, so go have a look at Peter Buckland's interesting post in response to my reports of the big creationism confab. Here's a taste: That stereotype exists, but it's not nearly complete as I have...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:23 PM • 2 Comments •
August 20, 2008
Category: Anti-Creationism
Some of the comments to my posts on the creationism conference reminded me of a scene from the movie Heat, released in 1995. Al Pacino played Vincent Hannah, a detective for the LAPD investigating a crew of professional bank robbers....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:59 PM • 39 Comments •
Category: Mathematics
My account of the big creationism conference will resume shortly, but I really must take time out to discuss this article by Brian Hayes of American Scientist. He is discussing the Monty Hall problem, you see....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:27 PM • 42 Comments •
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