With all the attention we’ve been giving the LMS’s 150th birthday celebrations, it’s only fair to note that the Mathematical Association of America is 100 this year. The MAA is a fantastic organisation, as the famous maths people in this video testify: As is the way of these things, there are events throughout the year…
Three Sticks
The nice chaps at Kitki, an educational board game company based in India, have come up with a cool idea for a mathematical board game. They’re funding it through IndieGoGo (which if you haven’t heard of it is a bit like Kickstarter), and they’re looking for your help.
CHENG!!!!!!
This post popped into our news queue just before Christmas, and was forgotten about thanks to the seasonal good cheer. Well, it’s 2015 now, and our Nonsense Formula Disapprove-o-Matic is beeping angrily. We still can’t muster up enough enthusiasm to properly dig into this, so I’ve just tidied up the links I collected earlier on. Eugenia Cheng…
Apiological: mathematical speculations about bees (Part 1: Honeycomb geometry)
A question that has puzzled many inquiring minds across the ages is: why are honeycombs made of hexagonal cells?
Review: The Mathematics of Love
This is a review of The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs and the search for the Ultimate Equation by Hannah Fry, a new book which Katie was sent an advance copy of. 3rd February 2015 (hardcover); Simon & Schuster/TED Hannah Fry, who’s a lecturer and public engagement fellow at UCL, has written a book. Following a…
Why Should Penguins Care About Maths?
I regularly review resources written for pupils and teachers that in some way aim to support or extend Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. The most recent campaign in the UK is the Your Life campaign and as usual it has a website with short articles designed for teachers and pupils to browse and…
Doctor Who and the Quaternions – the LMS’ 150th birthday party
A report by Richard Elwes from the launch of the London Mathematical Society’s 150th birthday year.