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Math/Maths 105: Dolphins, Fruit flies & Lizard-inspired Robots

A new episode of the Math/Maths Podcast has been released.

A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: approximate number sense – in humans and bred into fruit flies; Dolphins Appear to do Nonlinear Mathematics; What does the way you count on your fingers say about your brain?; Obama Plans $1B Effort to Build ‘Master Teacher Corps’ of Elite Science and Math Teachers; Falling lizards use tail for mid-air twist, inspiring lizard-like ‘RightingBot’; Islamist Group in Timbuktu Poised To Destroy Rare Centuries-Old Texts on Science and Mathematics; New date for Maths Busking Training; Game of Life Google Easter Egg; Flatland^2: Sphereland to be shown at MathFest; London Mathematical Society Prizes 2012; MathsJam Conference open for registrations; crowdsourced errors in pi proof; and more.

Get this episode: Math/Maths 105: Dolphins, Fruit flies & Lizard-inspired Robots

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  • Peter Rowlett teaches mathematics at university and is interested in maths education and communicating maths. His column at The Aperiodical is Travels in a Mathematical World.

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