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…
The internet and media have been abuzz with a certain logic problem this week. Here’s our round-up.
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…
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.
Here’s a round-up of some mathematical news from last month.
Here’s a bar bet you can’t lose. Actually, it’s more of a kitchen bet, being a quiche cutting conundrum. You’ve just bought a lovely fresh haggis quiche at your local Minus 4 shop and are planning to eat it in one sitting, in your kitchen with a friend. You’ve agreed to share it in the…
A headline appears on my screen: “Ancient and Modern People Followed Same Mathematical Rule To Build Cities”, on Slashdot. Ooh, I get to break out my “holy power law, Batman” image again! Yippee! Ctrl+F “power law” – no hits. That’s odd.