Who would have thought, mathspigs, that there was so much maths in hair.
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Today’s post looks at the Majestic Moustache or the Manly Mo and moustache graphs.
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Here are Mathspig’s two favourite moustache graphs.
First, is the Moustache and the Decline of the British-Empire or 100-Year Itch @ TWC, which includes a pictorial record of the moustaches decline.
The second graph is from the American Mustache Institute* showing the decline in corporate reputation with the decline in the popularity of the mo with PR professionals.
THESE ARE HILARIOUS GRAPHS, but they are Gaga or Made Up Graphs.
How does Mathspig know this?
Because of the numbers. The Y-axis scale is missing or irrelevant to the graphs shown.
These graphs are a bit of fun, but graphs are used to sell you products and some graphs can be totally misleading.
Mathspig, promised you Manly Mo Maths. And there is Maths in MOs.
Nick Cave’s Mo is a Parabola.
John Travolta’s Mo is also a parabola.
The Village People all parabola MOs.
Captain Jack Sparrow’s
beard is ∏ !!!!
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THIS IS A TOM SELLECK FRACTAL.
Goodness me, it’s a Tom Selleck Eyebrow Mo Sierpinski Gasket
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MAKE YOUR OWN MANLY MO:
Not all MOs are real and Groucho Marx trade mark eyebrows & mo were painted on.
Why not get your own Manly Mo.
Or, mathspig teachers, get your class to draw ‘parabolas’ on their hands and if a member of staff has a mo invite him into the maths class then on the count of three show him the whole class of ‘parabolas’
*If you love that moustache talk here is an American Mustache Institute Interview:
Some hair graphs are based on science,measuring and plotting.
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This is a real graph involving real maths. It is a plot of hair regrowth VS time graph using a hair growth agent. There are scientists out there somewhere actually counting hairs per sq cm.
Or search topics on Youtube eg. Introduction to Conics Khan
Why Does Mathspig like The Kahn Academy? Because it’s:
1. Free.
2. Quick
3. Clear
4. Low-key
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Salman gives digital chalk-and-talk tutes like a teacher. He hand draws the equations and graphs. He uses a calculator from time to time, but he tends not to use whizz bang spreadsheet graphs or perfectly presented textbook equations. It’s a bit wobbly and it’s all coming from Salman’s head.
And students like this approach. It makes maths look do-able.
The tutes on Maths Online are produced by Aussie Maths teachers and they are very good. Mathspig, of course, imagined the quadratic function tutes might look something like this:
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