Karma by Ho Do Suh. via NotCot.org
Karma by Do Ho Suh
Matheliebe exhibition in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein is a tiny, mountain-top country with the population of a medium-sized town and a football team routinely thrashed by everyone who encounters them (except for Scotland, of course). You’d be forgiven for thinking little ever happened there. But you’d be wrong! There is maths in Liechtenstein! The National Museum in Vaduz (page in German) is hosting…
Much ado About Noether
For International Women’s Day, we’ve written a short reminder of some the women who have contributed to the field of mathematics.
All Squared, Number 2 – Pancake formula
Here’s the second edition of our new podcast, All Squared. This time we talked to Dr Andrew Taylor, PhD, about nonsense formulas in the news. In particular, since we recorded very close to pancake day, we took a close look at the various “formulas for the perfect pancake” printed in UK newspapers. Podcast: Play in new…
Newcastle MathsJam January & February 2013 recaps
I’ve finally finally got round to writing up my notes from the last two Newcastle MathsJams, over at my mathem-o-blog.
Open Season – The Perfect Cuboid
In this short series of articles, I’m writing about mathematical questions we don’t know the answer to – which haven’t yet been proven or disproven. This is the second article in the series, and considers a less well-known variant on an extremely well-known problem. Ask anyone to name a theorem, and they’ll probably come up…
MathsWorldUK: plans for a UK maths museum
Mathematics is like marmite: either you love it or hate it. Most people who hate it do so because ‘it’s too hard’ or ask ‘what’s the point’, while those who love it tend to be those who use the subject in the workplace or are studying it. Will mathematics always be like this, or is…