This is a review of the book Mapmatics: How we Navigate the World through Numbers by Paulina Rowińska. We were kindly sent a copy of the book to look at, and Elinor Flavell shares her thoughts. Do you love maps? Do you hate maps? Have you never given much thought to maps but are now…
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of November 2024, 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.
A conversation about mathematics inspired by … an object. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Tai-Danae Bradley. Katie mentions Peter’s The unplanned impact of mathematics, free to read at Nature. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes
Double Maths First thing is much less effort than an advent calendar. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician, on a mission to spread joy and delight, like a sort of Father Christmaths. I’m sure December is a conspiracy in which Big Diary manipulates time so there are far too many places…
This is a guest post by David Benjamin.
Double Maths First Thing is guaranteed Christmas-free. Humbug! Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to find and spread mathematical joy. This week’s interesting bit of analysis (and please don’t tell Dave Gale I did some statistics), gives a plausible answer to a question on Hacker News: if a statistic…
A conversation about infinity inspired by The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes