It's no secret U.S. students lag far behind in math compared to
dozens of other countries in the developed world, but
mathematicians behind a new museum are working to get students
back in the race. NY1's Shazia Khan filed the following report.
It may not amount to much for some folks, but for former math
professor Glen Whitney mathematics equals an infinite number of
thrills. "There are constant surprises, there's constant moments
of discovery and that thrill of a-ha! when you see the way
something comes together," Whitney said. Up until recently,
Whitney worked as a hedge fund executive but is now busy
calculating his next move to open the Museum of Mathematics or
MOMATH next year in a 19,000 square foot space in the Flatiron
District. It would be the only one of its kind in the country.
"It's not going to be numbers scribbled up on a wall," said
Whitney. "It's going to be shapes and how do they fit together
and it's going to to be curves that they can either touch or
maybe they can drive the model car on."