University of Chicago grad student Kathryn Mann spotted this possibly-sexist flyer handed out by the AMS at a recent event: The beautiful stock photo men are all doing pure maths, and the beautiful stock photo women are all doing applied! Heinous!
Media math-man Alex Bellos has made another programme for BBC Radio 4, this time about How to Teach Maths. Alex Bellos takes you on a mathematical learning journey from the first stages of number recognition through to an understanding of how children solve sums and calculate answers. On the way he will look at the…
21 October 2014 is the centenary of the birth of Martin Gardner, the supreme populariser of mathematics (amongst much else) who sadly passed in 2010. Those behind the Martin Gardner Centennial website and associated Twitter account @MGardner100th are collecting testimonials from people inspired by his work. What does his extensive written legacy mean to you?…
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of January, and compiled by Frederick Koh, is now online at White Group Mathematics. 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.
Intersections by Anila Quayyum Agha. via Colossal.
The last two weeks my first year mathematicians and I have covered Taylor series.This means that several times I’ve had the conversation that goes “What’s $0!$?” “It’s $1$.” “Oh, erm, right. Why again?” “Because it works.” This may not be a completely satisfactory answer! One of my students, Callum Mulligan, tweeted this question. Why does…
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 26 of Puzzlebomb, for February 2014, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 26 – February 2014 The solutions to Issue 26 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 26 – February 2014 – Solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.