Phil Harvey gave a talk on this subject at last November’s MathsJam conference. We liked it so much, we asked him if we could put it on the site. Phil’s kindly written his talk up as an essay for us. I am 64¼ years old and I’ve been a maths teacher all my working life.…
Not mentioned on The Aperiodical last year
Here’s a quick round-up of some news stories from the tail end of 2012 that we characteristically failed to write up!
Aperiodical Round Up 8: if a bird heard the word ‘surd’
Right, let’s be havin’ ya! My name’s Christian Perfect, I’ve got some links, and you’ve got some eyes. Aperiodical Round Up 8, arriving later than scheduled at Platform Your Face.
Puzzlebomb – January 2013
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 13 of Puzzlebomb, for January 2013, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 13 – January 2013 The solutions to Issue 13 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 13 – January 2013 – Solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Math/Maths 126: Review of the year – 1712
A new episode of the Math/Maths Podcast has been released. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. In a traditional move for the end of December, we attempt a review of the year. In an untraditional move, we choose the year 1712. Catch up with the latest from Christian Goldbach, Sir…
Let’s ture to the max!
A new study from Prof. Lawks A. Mercy and Dr. O. Goode-Griefe of the Institute of Blogging Studies indicates that we have published absolutely loads of posts about Alan Turing this year, the Alan Turing Year. We’ve posted about Alan Turing events, Alan Turing facts, Alan Turing competitions and O mercy me have we posted…
Particularly mathematical New Years Honours 2013
The New Year Honours list 2013 was published today. Here we note those awarded in relation to mathematics. Are there any others I’ve missed? Please enlighten us in the comments. Prof. Frank Kelly FRS, Professor of the Mathematics of Systems in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge and Chair of the Council for the Mathematical Sciences;…