Michael Brooks

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writer/speaker, mostly about science/maths. Latest book: THE ART OF MORE (US) / THE MATHS THAT MADE US (UK). Co-host @EurekaPod (with @rickedwards1).

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The danger of falling away

2 weeks ago | gulfcounty.news | Michael Brooks

Those who follow a legend have a daunting task. Consider Joshua who followed Moses of whom it was said he knew God face-to-face! But Joshua had been a careful student learning from the mentor who instructed him. Joshua isn’t remembered as a lawgiver as Moses was. Not really a King John or Thomas Jefferson giving great legal documents, but more like Patton driving the German army out of North Africa. He would be the general who brought the people into the land of promise.
Michael Brooks On Legacy Makers to Share Insights on Resilience, Mentorship, and Preserving Legacy Through Storytelling

3 weeks ago | einnews.com | Michael Brooks

Michael Brooks On Legacy Makers to Share Insights on Resilience, Mentorship, and Preserving Legacy Through Storytelling FL, UNITED STATES, May 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Michael Brooks, transformation advocate and storyteller, is set to appear on Legacy Makers TV, where he will share insights on overcoming early adversity, building a purpose-driven future, and helping families preserve their most cherished memories for generations to come.
What 7 fiendishly hard puzzles tell us about the nature of mathematics

1 month ago | newscientist.com | Michael Brooks

How times have changed since the year 2000. In that year, there were a billion fewer people living on the planet. The International Space Station hadn’t yet housed any resident astronauts. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were in love and got married. And on 24 May that year, a group of mathematicians took to a stage in Paris to set some problems. They used acetate sheets and an overhead projector in their presentation, but this was no high-school maths challenge.
O Death, where is your sting?

1 month ago | gulfcounty.news | Michael Brooks

It’s been my experience that funeral home directors generally have a great sense of humor. I asked a gentleman about this once and he explained that a sense of humor is the only thing that saved him from awful depression. I can imagine these men and women deal with the greatest of tragedies. But on the other hand, I’ve heard some interesting stories from them.
A 30-cent phone call

1 month ago | thethomasvilletimes.com | Michael Brooks

I was thinking lately about when phone calls were segregated by “local” and “long distance.” This segregation sometimes was strange, since I knew some who lived on different phone exchanges--when they talked, one paid a toll and the other didn’t. And then I remembered two incidents in churches when long distance charges became an issue. I served a church in […]
The Port St. Joe Star

1 month ago | gulfcounty.news | Michael Brooks

It was the closest I ever came to my “big showbiz break,” as Rush Limbaugh called it. I got through to Kit Carson, EIB’s call screener (after about 50 tries!). It was my birthday, so I hoped it would be a good ploy to get online with Maha Rushie. I also said I’d like to ask him about a book he talked of writing called “The Back Nine.”Screener Kit said they were jammed for the afternoon, but he’d call the next day. Alas, it was not to be since I never got the callback, nor did Rush write the book.
Reflections: Try A Little Kindness

2 months ago | yellowhammernews.com | Michael Brooks |Austen Shipley

The presidential campaign in 1976 was a bitter one, pitting the incumbent, Gerald R. Ford, against the challenger, Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter. Ford was named vice president after the resignation of Spiro Agnew and became president after the resignation of Richard Nixon, making him our only unelected vice president and president. Within weeks of his swearing-in, Ford issued a controversial pardon for the former president.
Try a little kindness

2 months ago | gulfcounty.news | Michael Brooks

The presidential campaign in 1976 was a bitter one pitting the incumbent, Gerald R. Ford, against the challenger, Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter. Ford was named vice president after the resignation of Spiro Agnew, and became president after the resignation of Richard Nixon, making him our only unelected vice president and president. Within weeks of his swearing-in, Ford issued a controversial pardon for the former president.
Stay safe from online hate with these five tips

2 months ago | nature.com | Michael Brooks

With papers to write, grants to apply for and students to teach, cybersecurity can be a low priority for scientists. Until, that is, it all goes wrong. “Frankly, this is an awful time for science,” says Noam Ross, executive director of rOpenSci, a non-profit initiative in Berkeley, California, that provides open-source software tools for scientists. He should know.
The CFTC’s New Advisory on Self-Reporting, Cooperation and Remediation

Mar 5, 2025 | lexology.com | Michael Brooks |Charles Mills |Jacob Brandes

In an advisory announced February 25, 2025, the Division of Enforcement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announced a new regime for assessing cooperation credit in determining fines in the settlement of enforcement cases. The advisory expressly revokes and replaces all six prior enforcement advisories on cooperation, as well as the advice in the Enforcement Manual on cooperation.

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