Tony Mann has written a review of the play ‘Tenet: A True Story About the Revolutionary Politics of Telling the Truth about Truth as Edited by Someone Who is Not Julian Assange in Any Literal Sense‘. Without wanting to spoil the review, which you can read as “Tenet” – Galois on stage on Tony’s Maths Blog, Tony concludes “if you can possibly see this play, I strongly recommend you do so”. The play is currently at the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London until May 26th.
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The life and times of Paul the Psychic Octopus
You may be aware of plans for the movie ‘The life and times of Paul the Psychic Octopus’ (starring Bayes’ Theorem!). A tweet from David Spiegelhalter, who appears in the trailer, and a blog post from the Denver/Boulder A.V. Club indicates the film is ready or nearly ready to go and will appear in June and July at Sheffield Doc/Fest, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and at a screening on July 1 in Munich, Germany, hours before the Euro Cup final match.
Good times for A-Level mathematics but issues need to be addressed earlier
Recent reports from Ofqual and Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI) highlight positives in the depth of content and takeup of A-Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics but an Ofsted report finds problems in earlier stage mathematics teaching.
Math/Maths 97: Travelling Salesman Movie Special
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 briefly to introduce this interview Samuel recorded with Timothy Lanzone, the writer and director of the forthcoming movie, Travelling Salesman.
Get this episode: Math/Maths 97: Travelling Salesman Movie Special
New journals attempting to address publication bias
There is an article in the Wall Street Journal about journals that publish negative results. There is a problem with scientific research that positive results are more likely to get published than negative ones. This can lead to spurious statistical results and researchers wasting their time because a procedure or technique might appear more successful than it really is.
Math52: A Fresh Way to Teach?
‘Math52: A Fresh Way to Teach’ is a Kickstarter project currently seeking funding. The organisers offer the following promise: “Every week for a year we’ll create a short video exploring a unique application of math in everyday life.” The emphasis is on providing teachers with material to enrich their teaching. You can find out more by watching the video below and visiting the Math52 Kickstarter page.
Aperiodcast – 13/5/2012
In true Aperiodical fashion, we left 13 days before recording another Aperiodcast, so here’s what we think about the last almost-two-weeks on the site.
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