Comments on: Math in the Comics – part 4 http://unlearningmath.com/2009/02/12/math-in-the-comics-part-4/ math as a garden, friendly and always new Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:07:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Math in the Comics: The Series « Learning and Unlearning Math http://unlearningmath.com/2009/02/12/math-in-the-comics-part-4/#comment-304 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:15:26 +0000 http://bertspeelpenning.wordpress.com/?p=505#comment-304 [...] 4 – an Arlo and Janis comic, we look at an effect of over-quantifying something. [...]

]]> By: Bert Speelpenning http://unlearningmath.com/2009/02/12/math-in-the-comics-part-4/#comment-34 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:09:55 +0000 http://bertspeelpenning.wordpress.com/?p=505#comment-34 Dawn,
Thank you for your comment.

Since comic strips have to convey a lot with just a few pictures and just a few sentences, they offer a rich view into the culture they arise in. They help make explicit what, in that culture, can be assumed in the background. This particular comic strip is an extreme example of that.

Though in this blog I’m primarily looking at comics for what they reveal about how mathematics is viewed in the culture, the approach has wider application – as you note.
I remember arriving in the United States over three decades ago with a curiosity about root beer, which I assumed to be some kind of light alcoholic beverage – purely on the strength of the Charles Schultz strip!

]]> By: Dawn White http://unlearningmath.com/2009/02/12/math-in-the-comics-part-4/#comment-32 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:04:32 +0000 http://bertspeelpenning.wordpress.com/?p=505#comment-32 Loved the dissertation on Janis and Arlo-how to look at comics with new perspective. Maybe too much salt not good and her way of making the issue fun. My favorite FB or FW by Lynn Johnston (Canadian) has retired and her daughter picked it up with today’s point of view -lots of anger and violence.

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