Mathematics of Peace
Abstract
As high school students approach voting age, it’s crucial to equip them with the mathematical skills to engage with important issues. This paper presents an activity designed to inspire students as future leaders, policy-makers, and informed citizens in some of the largest and youngest democracies. By analyzing real-world data, students enhance their mathematical abilities and develop the capacity to make decisions that impact their futures and the world.
References
Al-Jazeera. (2023, Jan 25). India, Pakistan came close to a nuclear war in 2019: Pompeo. Available online at https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/25/india-pakistan-came-close-to-a-nuclear-war-in-2019-pompeo.
BBC. (2020, August 9). Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75th anniversary of atomic bombings. Available online at https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-53648572.
CNN. (2024, March 13). Putin says he’s ready to use nuclear weapons if Russian state at stake, but ‘there has never been such a need’. Available online at https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/13/europe/russia-putin-nuclear-weapons-ukraine-intl-hnk/index.html.
Human Rights Watch. (2021, August 3). They Killed Us from the Inside. Available online at https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/08/03/they-killed-us-inside/investigation-august-4-beirut-blast.
Reuters. (2024, March 14). How many nuclear weapons does Russia have and who controls them? Available online at https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-nuclear-arsenal-how-big-is-it-who-controls-it-2024-03-13/.
Scroll. (2014, July 14). A Delhi resident consumes 12 times more electricity than one in Bihar. Available online at https://scroll.in/article/670348/a-delhi-resident-consumes-12-times-more-electricity-than-one-in-bihar.
South China Morning Post. (2022, August 16). Over 2 billion would die in an India-Pakistan nuclear conflict. 5 billion in a US-Russia one, study finds. Available online at https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/3189013/over-2-billion-would-die-india-pakistan-nuclear-conflict-5-billion-us.
SpringerLink. (2009, December 16). Estimation of Explosion Energy Yield at Chernobyl NPP Accident. Available online at https://tinyurl.com/energy-chernobyl.
The Hindu. (2020, October 29). Pakistan Minister admits Islamabad’s role in Pulwama terror attack. Available online at https://tinyurl.com/pulwama-terror-attack.
The New York Times. (2019, February 14). Kashmir Suffers from the worst attack in 30 years. Available online at https://tinyurl.com/nyt-kashmir-attack.
The Washington Post. (2000, July 31). The Kashmir Flash Point. Available online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2000/07/31/the-kashmir-flashpoint/517ce316-06e5-4fe9-8f82-82c1c1217c19/.
The Washington Post. (2002, May 15). Report: India, Pakistan were near Nuclear War in ‘99. Available online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/05/15/report-india-pakistan-were-near-nuclear-war-in-99/2707b2cf-565a-4a7d-87d5-047cadd9c640/.
The Washington Post. (2020, August 7). What video analysis shows about the Beirut explosion. Available online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/08/07/video-analysis-beirut-explosion-reveals-its-power-even-great-distances/.
The Washington Post. (2022, October 5). Here are the nuclear weapons Russia has in its arsenal. Available online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/05/russia-nuclear-weapons-military-arsenal/.
United States Geological Survey. (2018, October 8). Tsunami Generation from the 2004 M=9.1 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake. Available online at https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc/science/tsunami-generation-2004-m91-sumatra-andaman-earthquake.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Janet Walker
