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The Mathematical Moments program promotes appreciation and understanding of the role mathematics plays in science, nature, technology, and human culture.
Download
this series of pdf files to use as teaching resources
and to promote awareness of mathematics to students,
colleagues, and attendees at meetings and special
events.
Some of the pdfs include embedded audio presentations,
so you can hear the experts as you view the Moment. If
you'd rather just listen to (or download) the
podcast, click on the orange POD icon 
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The "short version" includes the introduction
from the standard version and an enlarged image.
Listen to the first three topics in the AMS Podcast Series:
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| Making Movies Come Alive | Predicting Storm Surge | Pinpointing Style |
- Going with the Floes (126 KB)
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- Bending It Like Bernoulli (129 KB)
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- Sailing Faster (141 KB)
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- Click on the flag for a translation (in German)
- Preserving the Past (120 KB)
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- Burying Carbon Dioxide (123 KB)
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- Tripping the Light-Fantastic! (434 KB)
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- Finding Fake Photos (150 KB)
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- Reconstructing Faces (113 KB)
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- Solving Sudoku (126 KB)
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- Putting Music on the Map (568 KB)
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- Playing the Game (99 KB)
- Short version (107 KB) · Related resource
- Click on the flag for a translation (in Polish)
- Pinpointing Style (82 KB)
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- Unearthing Power Lines (88 KB)
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- Finding Oil (71 KB)
- Short version (73 KB) · Related resource
- Predicting Storm Surge (89 KB)
- Podcast
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- Solving Crimes (50 KB)
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- Boarding Faster (123 KB)
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- Boldly Going (655 KB)
- Short version (925 KB) · Related resource
- Click on a flag for the corresponding translation
- Translating: From Arabic to Zulu (172 KB)
- Short version (241 KB) · Related resource
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- Packing It In (136 KB)
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- Reading Your Mind? (132 KB)
- Short version (240 KB) · Related resource
- Making a Splash (156 KB)
- Short version (212 KB) · Related resource
- Making Designs a Reality (180 KB)
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- Scanning the Unseen (188 KB)
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- Putting Together the Pieces (132 KB)
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- Compressing Data (53 KB)
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- Recognizing Speech (113 KB)
- Short version (138 KB) · Related resource
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- Being a Better Sport (112 KB)
- Short version (133 KB) · Related resource
- Targeting Tumors (149 KB)
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- Locating, Locating, Locating (107 KB)
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- Canning Spam (85 KB)
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- Seeing More Clearly (94 KB)
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- Unlocking the Cell (72 KB)
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- Tracing Your Routes (172 KB)
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- Charging Through Space (128 KB)
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- Beating Traffic (55 KB)
- Short version (141 KB) · Related resource
- Making Connections (590 KB)
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- Bringing Robots to Life (658 KB)
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- Expressing Yourself (491 KB)
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- Cutting the Cord (943 KB)
- Short version (439 KB) · Related resource
- Revolutionizing Computing (198 KB)
- Short version (149 KB) · Related resource
- Defeating Disease (213 KB)
- Short version (300 KB) · Related resource
- Enhancing Your Image (244 KB)
- Short version (243 KB) · Related resource
- Getting Results on the Web (278 KB)
- Short version (274 KB) · Related resource
- Folding for Fun and Function (75 KB)
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resource
- Click on a flag for the corresponding translation
- Revealing Nature's Secrets (636 KB)
- Short version (635 KB) · Related resource
- Simulating Galaxies (552 KB)
- Short version (82 KB) · Related resource
- Eye-dentifying Yourself (584 KB)
- Short version (603 KB) · Related resource
- Bidding Wisely (396 KB)
- Short version (399 KB) · Related resource
- Making Votes Count (58 KB)
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- Describing the Oceans (340 KB)
- Short version (339 KB) · Related resource
- Designing Aircraft (397 KB)
- Short version (497 KB) · Related resource
- Creating Crystals (975 KB)
- Short version (80 KB) · Related resource
- Deciphering DNA (68 KB)
- Short version (88 KB) · Related resource
- Forecasting Weather (537 KB)
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- Seeing the World Through Fractals (660 KB)
- Short version (479 KB) · Related resource
- Storing Fingerprints (365 KB)
- Short version (353 KB) · Related resource
- Experimenting with the Heart (501 KB)
- Short version (499 KB) · Related resource
- Securing Internet Communication (297 KB)
- Short version (296 KB) · Related resource
- Making Movies Come Alive (562 KB)
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- Investing in Markets (55 KB)
- Short version (74 KB) · Related resource
- Listening to Music (340 KB)
- Short version (345 KB) · Related resource
- Routing Traffic Through the Internet (344 KB)
- Short version (343 KB) · Related resource
- Tracking Products (281 KB)
- Short version (275 KB) · Related resource
- Manufacturing Better Lenses (478 KB)
- Short version (458 KB) · Related resource
- Mapping the Brain (601 KB)
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- Click on a flag for the corresponding translation
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Mike Breen and Annette Emerson, AMS Public Awareness Officers, invite your feedback about Mathematical Moments. Send comments to paoffice@ams.org.
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