Phil Ramsden gave an excellent talk at the 2013 MathsJam conference, about a particularly mathematical form of poetry. We asked him to write an article explaining it in more detail.
Poetry in Motion
My week at BCME8
This week I’m contributing to the 8th British Congress of Mathematics Education (BCME). If you’re going, I hope to see you there! (I’ll be there Monday after dinner and Wednesday all day; otherwise it’s a normal teaching week for us.) I’m involved with three sessions – a fun Maths Jam, a ‘how I used history…
Peter Rowlett: Viva Survivor
I am interviewed about my PhD research and my experience of the viva in the new episode of the Viva Survivors podcast. This podcast, by Nathan Ryder (@DrRyder), interviews PhD graduates about their research, the viva and life afterwards.
Meterfy – numbers for everyone!
Number of dogs in the USA on anti-depressants = 2,800,000 https://t.co/FQkQBG8Cbg — Mark Miodownik (@markmiodownik) April 4, 2014 A freshly-launched repository for curious, random factoids about numbers: https://t.co/CMj6M3ANLE Browse, and submit your own… — Alex Bellos (@alexbellos) April 5, 2014 Fans of numbers will be pleased to hear that they now have their own social…
Carnival of Mathematics 109
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of March, and compiled by Tony Mann, is now online at Tony’s Maths Blog. 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.
Domputer: the movie
If anyone remembers October 2012 (ahh, those were the days) you might recall we wrote about Aperiodipal Matt Parker, and his crazy project to build a computer out of dominoes. Well, it happened, but not much has happened since – sorting out a video of the event has taken a while. But it’s ready now!…
App review: Tydlig, a calculator app for iOS
You may remember that we previously posted about Tydlig, a new calculator app for iOS. We asked if anyone would be interested in writing a review, and Aoife, who’s written the article below, kindly obliged. Tydlig is a reimagined calculator on iOS and provides an innovative, freeform canvas where multiple calculations can be built and…