I had a spare day yesterday so, rather than clean my house, I made a model of the SKI combinator calculus out of a pizza box. [youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZQMmgElRMI]
NRICH Site has had a facelift
Everyone’s favourite source of excellent maths activities for all ages, NRICH, has been inspired by our change of font and has redesigned their site. It is still full of excellent ideas and teaching resources, as well as puzzles and games. Fans of rounded rectangles will especially like the slick new design and easy-to-use sections for…
New fonts on the site
I’ve just installed the Computer Modern fonts here, to make the site look that little bit more mathsy. We’re using Computer Modern Concrete for headers and Computer Modern Bright (aka the Beamer font) for the rest of the text. What do you think? Does it look OK? Have you had any problems with fonts not…
Zero Waste by Nick Sayers
Get ready to smile! [youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Xq4OX7beU] via Elin Roberts on Twitter
Newcastle MathsJam September 2012 Recap
I’ve written up my recap of last week’s Newcastle MathsJam. We had some magic tricks, debated the application of game theory to the penal system, almost played a game of rhythmomachy, and of course we solved a few puzzles. Read my recap on my other mathem-o-blog.
Robert Schneider, Mathematical Musician/Musical Mathematician
(This article is based on an interview that was originally conducted for the podcast Relatively Prime) Robert Schneider is a rock star mathematician. I do not mean that in the metaphorical sense, as when it is applied, with a rather unmathematical lack of precision, to celebrity mathematicians such as Terry Tao, Cedric Villani, or Timothy…
Manchester MathsJam, September 2012
This month saw a record high turnout, requiring as many as three tables being pushed together, a whole bag of maltesers and a tin of shortbread someone got for Christmas and hadn’t eaten yet. We also had one new attendee who had previously been a regular at Newcastle MathsJam, and has now moved to Manchester…