You may remember that The Aperiodical’s own Katie Steckles was interviewed on mathblogging.org’s Mathematical Instruments. Now it is the turn of Christian Perfect. Why and when did Christian start blogging? What does he read every day? Find out in ‘Mathematical Instruments: cp’s mathem-o-blog‘.
MAA Mathematical Pumpkins
The Mathematical Association of America asked its Facebook fans to send in pictures of their mathematical pumpkins. They answered the call admirably! You can see the pictures at the MAA’s Facebook page. I particularly like the honeycomb one.
Starburst by Tim Locke
Tim Locke displayed his geometric metalwork at the 2012 Bridges conference. via Mr Honner
Puzzlebomb – November 2012
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 11 of Puzzlebomb, for November 2012, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 11 – November 2012 The solutions to Issue 11 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 11 – November 2012 – solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Math/Maths 119: Those Boffins, and their Science
A new episode of the Math/Maths Podcast has been released. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: Sandy; L’Aquila quake: Italy scientists found guilty of manslaughter; In defense of Nate Silver – and basic math; Fear of Math can Hurt; Maths and nature link…
Recreational Maths Seminar next Sunday at 7pm GMT
Having gathered a few data points about people’s availability for the recreational maths seminar, and heavily weighted towards my own, it looks like weekend evenings are the most convenient times for everyone to get together for the recreational maths seminar. So, let’s say 7pm GMT on Sunday evening, the 11th of November. That’s 2pm EST…
Maths Careers Poster Competition 2012/2013
The IMA’s Maths Careers campaign runs a yearly competition for posters illustrating applications of maths. Entry for the 2012/13 competition has opened, and it’s on the theme of the planet Earth, to join in with the Mathematics of Planet Earth year 2013. UK students between the ages of 11 and 19 are invited to submit…