loading image
During the early twentieth century, the idea that children should spend time at play or in school, rather than working outside the home, led to toys that encouraged learning. At mid-century, a large school-aged population and Russia’s successful launch of Sputnik I in 1957 (the first satellite to successfully orbit the Earth), triggered an urgency for new, more rigorous mathematical curricula in the United States. Advocates of the “New Math” movement encouraged learning through discovery rather than just memorizing methods of solving problems with the goal of creating a new generation of scientists and mathematicians. Today, STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) teaching integrates four disciplines into a program offering practical instruction with “real-world” applications. Even so, universal mathematics literacy remains an ongoing challenge. See “Mathematics: Vintage and Modern” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: https://bit.ly/MathAtSFO
This image was posted on April 11, 2022.
Similar Instagram posts
Modern cryptosystems rely on huge prime numbers for secure cyphers.
This image was posted on March 28, 2022.
#mathatsfo #mathematics #math #cryptology #cipher
During the 1870s, stores specializing in Japanese art and merchandise, commonly referred to as Japanese novelty stores or fancy goods stores, opened across the United States—from New York and Boston to Philadelphia, Houston, and San Francisco.
This image was posted on August 22, 2022.
#japonisme #japan #design #1900s #storeinterior
It’s your last week to see “Mathematics: Vintage and Modern!”
This image was posted on April 20, 2022.
#mathatsfo #mathematics #math #mathematicalmodels
“In keeping with physical fitness trends, I was always hoping that visitors, by viewing some forgotten object, might be exercising that area of the brain which holds onto the memory cells.”—Mickey McGowan, curator, Unknown Museum, December 2022 A visit to the Unknown Museum is a complete immersion in conceptual art and American consumerism.
This image was posted on September 28, 2023.
#unknownmuseum #mickeymcgowan #bayarea #bayareahistory
Henry Segerman (@henryseg) is a professor of mathematics at Oklahoma State University.
This image was posted on November 30, 2021.
#mathatsfo #math #mathematics #3dprinting
A Möbius band is a ribbon that closes upon itself after making an odd number of 180-degree flips.
This image was posted on September 10, 2021.
#mathatsfo #mathematics #math #carloséquin #möbius #mobius
In the early 1960s, enamel artist June Schwarcz's husband Leroy, a mechanical engineer, constructed an electroplating tank so she could plate raised designs to fill with champlevé and cloisonné enamels.
This image was posted on February 02, 2024.
#unconventionalenamels #juneschwarcz
The atomic age permeated American culture throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, influencing literature, film, television, and consumer goods.
This image was posted on March 19, 2019.
#1950sconsumer #1950s #vintage #50s #midcentury #classic #retro #atomic #atomsforpeace #atoms #reactor
Composite lenses and precision manufacturing brought microscopes to the forefront of science in the nineteenth century.
This image was posted on May 04, 2022.
#scientificinstruments #antiquescientificinstruments #microscope
Artist Stacy Speyer began making this series of geometric metal sculptures as an artist-in-residence at the Exploratorium.
This image was posted on October 04, 2021.
#mathatsfo #mathematics #math #stacyspeyer #metal #sculpture