Eugenia Cheng was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert recently. Here it is:
Being a Professional Mathematician — now available as a podcast
When I worked for the MSOR Network under the National HE STEM Programme, we funded a project called Being a Professional Mathematician which was run by Tony Mann (University of Greenwich) and Chris Good (University of Birmingham). This included the production of a set of audio interviews with mathematicians about their work and historians about…
Mathematical app roundup, October 2015
A mix of mathematical games, apps to help with calculations, and some frankly awful art.
Carnival of Mathematics 127
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of September, and compiled by Tom, is now online at Mathematics and Coding. 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.
Review: Unique polyhedral dice from Maths Gear
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