Comments on: Packing Pyramids: UM and Ann Arbor http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/14/packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Rusty Towers http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/14/packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-40234 Rusty Towers Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:45:54 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=37711#comment-40234 Hooray, Beth!!

As one of her middle school teachers (non-mathematical) at Clague Middle School, it does my (retired) heart good to see such a brilliant and creative melding of the theoretical and practical in the well-written article produced by the Chronicle. And to see the success and achievement of such a deserving (and memorable) student! It’s great to read such eloquent and clear elaboration in a journalistic account of the event, which I missed due to being out of town. Three cheers!
Thank you.

]]> By: Shashir Reddy http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/14/packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-40124 Shashir Reddy Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:18:24 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=37711#comment-40124 Congratulations Beth!

]]> By: Peter Lagarias http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/14/packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-39920 Peter Lagarias Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:28:56 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=37711#comment-39920 Congratulations to Elizabeth for a wonderful and creative PhD defense. Thank you also Dave for explaining, cleverly and eloquently, what my brother Jeff and his fellows do. And Jeff, all of your work underscores the importance of major universities in our country. Aristotle and Pythagoras would have been proud of all three of your efforts, pure math leading to real applications.
BTW, the University of California (also known as Berkeley)could use your talents if they get their funding back from the ongoing budget crisis here.

]]> By: Rob Strange http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/14/packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-39843 Rob Strange Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:05:31 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=37711#comment-39843 Thanks to Beth for choosing Astro-logix as one of her classroom materials!
More info available here or here.

]]> By: heather walline http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/14/packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-39823 heather walline Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:41:50 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=37711#comment-39823 Way to go Beth!! Congratulations to you on your defense and “thinking outside of the the tetrahedron” demonstration! You are amazing!

]]> By: John http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/14/packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-39807 John Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:10:22 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=37711#comment-39807 Great piece of writing and good photos. Graduate education at U-M at its best.

]]> By: Michael Flynn http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/14/packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-39777 Michael Flynn Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:39:45 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=37711#comment-39777 Terrific article!
I was reminded of the Connections TV series (circa 1978) by James Burke
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]]> By: Sarah Prince http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/14/packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-39755 Sarah Prince Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:37:16 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=37711#comment-39755 lol (clap, clap, clap) good article. :)

]]> By: Mary Valle http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/14/packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-39735 Mary Valle Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:34:23 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=37711#comment-39735 Beth, you are amazing! Congratulations!!!
This, by the way, is by far the best-written article I have read in any of the recent Ann Arbor newspapers (paper or paperless)!

]]> By: Rod Johnson http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/14/packing-pyramids-um-and-ann-arbor/comment-page-1/#comment-39724 Rod Johnson Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:59:45 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=37711#comment-39724 Hopefully she didn’t bet the house. No decent committee chair would let someone defend unless she was ready to defend. It doesn’t always work that way, of course, and if you’re a marginal candidate it probably isn’t wise. It sounds like Chen is anything but marginal, though.

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