Our good friends at Maths Gear have sent us a tube of “unique polyhedral dice” to review. The description on mathsgear.co.uk says they’re “made from polyhedra you don’t normally see in the dice world”. My first thought was that we should test they’re fair by getting David to throw them a few thousand times but — while…
Maths events at the Manchester Science Festival
In our traditional mode of picking apart the programmes of upcoming science festivals to make sure they’re doing their maths homework, here’s a round-up of the mathematicial goodies on offer at the upcoming Manchester Science Festival, running from 22nd October – 1st November at venues across Manchester.
Intersections by Anila Quayyum Agha
via Colossal
Mathematical myths, legends and inaccuracies: some examples
I’m teaching a first-year module on the history of mathematics for undergraduate mathematicians this term. In this, I’m less concerned about students learning historical facts and more that they gain a general awareness of history of maths while learning about the methods used to study history. Last week, I decided I would discuss myths and…
Wherein CP does that exam problem with the crocodile
This morning, Twitter was doing its Twitter thing about a maths problem again. Most people were linking to this BBC story, “Crocodile maths question ‘was challenging’”. Apparently this year’s Scottish New Higher maths exam contained a question which a lot of people found hard. You could remove the word “crocodile” from that headline and obtain a perfectly…
Puzzlebomb – October 2015
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 46 of Puzzlebomb, for October 2015, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 46 – October 2015 The solutions to Issue 46 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 46 – October 2015 – Solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Tessellation Art by Chris Watson
Chris Watson has written in to tell us about his site, Tessellation Art, where he sells his heavily Escher-inspired prints. They’re available in a range of sizes and media, and quite affordably priced. I particularly like the print above, titled Vortex.