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An overriding memory for those who used 8-bit machines back in the day was of using BASIC to program them. Without a disk-based operating system as we would know it today, these systems invariably ...

Learn how to simplify complex calculations and visualize data with an online graphing calculator. A graphing calculator is a handheld device or online tool designed to plot graphs, solve complex ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

This animation explores the intersection of calculus and cryptography, showing how mathematical transformations can be used to encrypt and decrypt data. The visualization is designed to be ...

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For some high school students, statistics and other data science courses have unseated calculus as the de facto option for pursuing advanced math, in part due to targeted state efforts to expand ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the 17th century, it stood on a shaky ...