[box] Michael S. Schneider[/box]
Michael S. Schneider is an educator and writer who encourages a love of learning through an appreciation of mathematics, nature, art and science.
Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, (now The Polytechnic Institute of NYU) and a Master’s Degree in Mathematics Education from the University of Florida (Gainesville). He taught youngsters for twelve years in public and private schools at the Middle School and Elementary school levels. In 1977, Michael was a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar in India studying ancient mathematics and sciences. He has been a computer consultant at the United Nations, Nickelodeon, MTV, NYTimes and many other corporations. He has worked for the New York Academy of Sciences, and wrote articles, posters and teachers’ editions for various Scholastic magazines includingScience World, SuperScience, DynaMath, and Teaching and Computers magazines. Michael was the creator and writer of the weekly “Mother Nature” segment at WNYC-FM radio on the popular live broadcast “Kids America” program (1986-87). He’s also held workshops for educators at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York through their Education Department including “Science in the Art Museum”, “The Mathematics of Islamic Art” and “Showing Children Harmony”.In 1993 Michael worked with master stonecarver Simon Verity to design the geometry harmonizing the statues on the south side of the “Portal of Paradise” (central entrance) to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. During 1996-97 Michael was the Dean of Mathematics and Dean of Science at The Ross School in East Hampton, NY.
Michael is the author of “A Beginner’s Guide To Constructing The Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes Of Nature, Art and Science” (HarperPerennial paperback 1995), six “Constructing The Universe Activity Books” and numerous articles concerning mathematics and teaching mathematics through nature, art science and philosophy.
Although the back of A Beginner’s Guide… says that Michael lives in New York City, he actually resides in Marin County, California. He’s a Senior Adjunct Professor at the California College Of The Arts (San Francisco and Oakland) teaching art students “Mathematical Ideas For Artists”. He’s also taught at the Ex’pression College For Digital Media in Emeryville and the Sophia Center For Graduate Studies in Culture and Spirituality at Holy Names University in Oakland.
[author] [author_image timthumb=’on’]http://www.sciencetosage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Screen-shot-2011-05-25-at-8.09.42-PM.png[/author_image] [author_info]In the spiral of the nautilus shell, in the veins of a maple leaf, in the bonds of the benzene ring–everywhere he looks, Schneider sees a cosmic geometry. Of course, the lines of this geometry have long attracted the attention of probing minds, including Pythagoras, Plato, the Psalmist, Demetrius, and Plotinus. The author weaves the insights of these thinkers and many more together in a tapestry of reflections (richly illustrated) on celestial harmonies. Once initiated into the ancient mysteries, the reader will recognize profound meanings–not merely scientific utility–in squares, triangles, and other common shapes.[/author_info] [/author]
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