This is a review of the book The Big Bang of Numbers by Manil Suri. We were kindly sent a copy of the book to look at, and Ashleigh Ratcliffe shares her thoughts. In this book, Suri sets out to build the whole of modern mathematics from its foundations, and has chosen to do this by mirroring the Christian…
Double Maths First Thing got nerdsniped by the Parker Square Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and delight in doing maths for its own sake. For example, I coded up a trammel in Geogebra after seeing this video. It’s fun to play with the parameters. Links James…
Double Maths First Thing is not quite mathematically relegated yet Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the love and joy in maths. My personal maths highlight of the week was well-actually-ing a Guardian Knowledge article, which claims that Man City were mathematically unable to stay on top…
Double Maths First Thing is checking its email far too often Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread mathematical joy and delight. We had a family trip to the Science Museum in London at the weekend. I’ve written previously about the Winton Mathematics Gallery and I stand by it…
DMFT appreciates you greatly. Yes, you specifically. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread joy and delight in maths. Links! I recently enjoyed Allen Downey’s article on the inspection paradox — it links to an “updated version” at Towards Data Science, but the article is nowhere to be seen…
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of January 2025, is now online at Puzzle Zapper. 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.
This is a guest post by Chris Taylor. I recently read “The Warlock Effect” by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman (read it – it’s good). It’s a work of fiction about a stage magician who uses his skills to combat a threat to UK national security – not somewhere you expect to find to find…