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Title: MIT's learning curve - Javier C. Hernandez, Boston Globe Post by: Stephen Taylor on August 02, 2007, 05:30:19 AM MIT's learning curve - Javier C. Hernandez, Boston Globe
Tim Morton fired a ball Tuesday in a program that mixes baseball and math. Inside an MIT engineering classroom, pitchers in Red Sox shirts and sports jerseys fix their eyes on the strike zone, a white square on the blackboard. With all the eighth-grade muscle they can muster, they take turns hurling a styrofoam ball at the target. Moments later, in a postgame analysis from their desks, the 24 boys and their camp instructors compare the flight patterns of the balls, offering theories to explain why smooth and rough balls follow different paths. Read More.. (http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/07/27/mits_learning_curve/) |