Christian investigates the mystery of Hermes’ maximum parcel dimensions.
Apparently I’m not a maths genius (or, On the Subject of Parcel Sizes)
There’s a new StackExchange site for History of Science and Maths
Just a little note to let you know that there’s a new StackExchange Q&A site for “History of Science and Maths”. Some of the maths questions that have already been asked include: Whose shoulders did Newton stand on? (apparently the answer is not “giants”) Were transcendental numbers considered rare, pre-Cantor? What is the history behind the…
An Alan Turing expert answers your The Imitation Game questions
Turing expert James Grime talks us through the highs and lows of a new film, featuring Sherlock Holmes dressed as Alan Turing.
More to be done between universities and industry
I saw the video below, which is Rachel Riley being asked questions about her maths education at a Your Life event, in a tweet by Rob Loe, who quoted a section of one answer around 4:50 where Rachel says: “stop saying proudly that ‘I’m really bad at maths’ because you wouldn’t say ‘I can’t read’,…
Early Memories
One of my earliest memories is being woken up very early and sitting on the sofa under a blanket to watch telly. This was a treat. We were never allowed to watch telly in the morning and it was almost as if we were watching telly in bed. Fantastic. On the telly were some people…
Thinking Mathematically
After this year’s Maths Jam weekend, Liz Hind said she wished she had a blog. Now she does! We welcome Liz to The Aperiodical and her new column, Thoughts of a Maths Enthusiast. At Maths Jam I surprised several people when I told them I didn’t have a maths degree. Why was this surprising? They expected…
Is this a nonsense formula for the perfect TV episode?
Stardate November, 2014. These are the continuing adventures of the website The Aperiodical. Its mission: to explore the pages of strange newspapers, to catalogue nonsense formulas, to boldly disapprove of them in ways no blog has done before. What a joy it was to open my browser this morning and see this delicious headline waiting for me: (by…