Giderek pehlivan tefrikalarina donusen TUBITAK?la Matematik Koyu arasindaki sorunlarla ilgilenenlere… Onceki bolumlerin ozeti: 1. Sorumlu yaziisleri muduru oldugum Matematik Dunyasi dergisinin (bes ay gecikmeyle) Mayis 2009?da cikan 2008-IV sayisinda, TUBITAK?in Bilim ve Teknik dergisinde yasanan Darwin skandalini hicveden bir karikatur yayimladim (bkz. http://www.matematikdunyasi.org/images/kapaklar/2008-IV.jpg). 2. Bu tarihten sonra TUBITAK?a sundugumuz 16 … Read more
8 Nisan 2011 Kamuoyuna Dun Taraf gazetesinde cikan soylesimde kisitli bilgimle bazi yanlis cikarimlarda bulunmusum. Simdi daha cok sinav kagidina ulasilabildiginden, OSYM’nin son aciklamalarini da dikkate alarak bu cikarimlarimi duzeltmek zorunlulugunu hissediyorum. (Bu yazinin daha kisa bir versiyonu bugunku Taraf gazetesinde yayimlanmistir.) YGS’de 40 matematik sorusundan 23’une dogru yanit veren bir sablon vardir ve en … Read more
In our academic list, we have received a mail from Ali Nesin, famous mathematician and also son of Aziz Nesin. He was officially invited to a ceremony in Germany but because of never ending bureacratic demands from the German consulate, he decided not to go… This is not the first time and will probably not … Read more
Ataturk?s Voice from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White Documentary footage from 1936 has been restored so that for the first time Ataturk?s voice can be heard as he opens parliament. (click here) I find it interesting that, although he is not saying anything complicated, he continually refers to a piece of paper in his hand. … Read more
It is a bit of old news now. In last weeks, a Turkish NGO in cooperation with a local municipality tried to break a world record: Biggest number of people reading together. People gathered in a stadium to do it. They could not break the record. The act itself is a little bit silly and I assume conservative sections of Turkish public attempt to create new sphere of action like this. Still it is better than nothing. It was a nice try:)
