We weren’t sure quite what to think about the recently-released trailer for The Imitation Game. We don’t know enough about either films or Alan Turing to give an authoritative opinion. James Grime, on the other hand, knows a lot about both… The trailer for the highly anticipated new film about mathematician Alan Turing was released this…
You wait and wait for a movie about a mathematical genius, and then three come at once. I’ve got Turing, I’ve got Ramanujan, I’ve got Erdős.
This isn’t new, but it just came to my attention and it’s fun: US Representative Jerry McNerney, an engineer by trade, got so excited by the recent twin prime conjecture advances that he just had to tell the rest of the House about it. [youtube url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh6GCY9i6tY] I don’t know how the American parliament works – did…
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of June, and compiled by Robin Whitty, is now online at Theorem of the Day. 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.
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 31 of Puzzlebomb, for July 2014, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 31 – July 2014 The solutions to Issue 31 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 31 – July 2014 – Solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
He’s always busy doing something: here’s some news about friend of the site and Stand-up Mathematician Matt Parker, who’s got big plans for October.
The Further Maths Support Programme (FMSP), which provides support for students and teachers in the UK doing Maths and Further Maths at A-level, has commissioned a series of podcasts, called Taking Maths Further, showcasing different people who work using maths as part of their job, and the mathematical tools they use.