I know I usually write up the goings-on at Manchester MathsJam, but since I spent much of the last month ‘In Residence’ at the University of Greenwich, I spent the second-to-last Tuesday evening of May at the London MathsJam. Here’s a summary of what transpired.
Next week, Cheltenham takes a break from being the home of horse racing and literary and music festivals, and generally being a regency spa town, to put on their amazing Science Festival. There’s a decent amount of maths in the programme, so here’s a round-up of the maths on offer (leaving aside, of course, the fact that all science is maths, there’s also a bunch of science events you might be interested in too).
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of April, and compiled by Ed, is now online at Solve My Maths.
The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information.
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 41 of Puzzlebomb, for May 2015, can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 41 – May 2015
The solutions to Issue 41 can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 41 – May 2015 – Solutions
Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
US organisations the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) and the Children’s Book Council (CBC) have founded a youth book prize, called Mathical: Books for Kids from Tots to Teens. The prizes, awarded for the first time this year, recognise the most inspiring maths-related fiction and nonfiction books aimed at young people. This year, they’ve awarded a set of prizes for books released in 2014, as well as honouring books published been 2009 and 2014, plus two ‘hall of fame’ winners from the further past.
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of March, and compiled by Ioana, is now online at Life Through a Mathematician’s Eyes.
The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information.
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 40 of Puzzlebomb, for April 2015, can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 40 – April 2015
The solutions to Issue 40 can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 40 – April 2015 – Solutions
Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.