Katie Steckles discovers there are way more fictional mathematicians than you might expect.
Twitter’s favourite fictional mathematicians
Bell’s Theorem Way
A street in Belfast is to be named after the late John Stewart Bell, a quantum physicist whose work has had a huge impact on modern physics and quantum information theory. Bell passed away in 1990, before he could be awarded a Nobel prize for his work, and Belfast Council have agreed to name a…
‘All that glitters is not golden’: a Fibonacci Day Roundup
Yesterday was 23/11, also known in some parts as 11/23, and you may recognise this as being a date made of the first four Fibonacci numbers. (Such numerical date-based Fibonacci coincidences haven’t been as exciting since 5/8/13, but at least this is one we can celebrate annually.) This meant that mathematicians everywhere got excited about #FibonacciDay, and spent…
Alexandre Grothendieck 1928–2014
Here’s a small collection of links to articles about Alexandre Grothendieck, French/German mathematician and algebraic geometer, who died on Wednesday 13 November aged 86. He was a pioneer in the field, and has been described as ‘the greatest mathematician of the 20th century’.
‘George Green’s Mathematical Influences’ — audio now available
I recently gave a public talk about George Green’s mathematical education and influences, the audio for which is now available online.
Watch out! I’m a blue whale and I’m about to land on you!
Christian investigates the possibility of a moving whale being able to warn you it’s coming.
Puzzlebomb – November 2014
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 35 of Puzzlebomb, for Novmber 2014, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 35 – November 2014 The solutions to Issue 35 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 35 – November 2014 – Solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.