Aperiodical Maths News @mathnews@aperiodical.com May 10, 2024, 9:59 a.m. 0 likes 0 boosts UK Government issues call for £6m funding to set up a National Academy focused on Mathematical Sciences (NAM). Confusingly, this isn't the same thing as the fledgling Academy for the Mathematical Sciences (AcadMathSci), though AcadMathSci may well bid to become NAM.
Aperiodical Maths News @mathnews@aperiodical.com May 10, 2024, 9:57 a.m. 0 likes 0 boosts First President of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences (AcadMathSci) will be Professor Alison Etheridge OBE FRS
Aperiodical Maths News @mathnews@aperiodical.com May 5, 2024, 7:16 p.m. 0 likes 0 boosts Des chiffres et des lettres", the French gameshow on which Countdown is based, is cancelled after more than 50 years. (via Sarah Dal)
Aperiodical Maths News @mathnews@aperiodical.com May 2, 2024, 5:44 a.m. 0 likes 0 boosts Obituary: Hugh Burkhardt, pioneering mathematics education researcher
Aperiodical Maths News @mathnews@aperiodical.com April 28, 2024, 8:53 p.m. 2 likes 0 boosts Knot theory reveals points where spacecraft can switch between intersecting orbits using minimal fuel