The campaign to make access to scholarly literature fairer and broader has been picking up steam and moving quite quickly lately, so I thought it would be a good idea to collect the recent news about open access, the Elsevier boycott, and so on, all in one place. To help you catch up with the…
Aperiodical Round Up 6 – It glides to a stop as it reaches the end of the power stroke
Hello. I’m Christian Perfect and it’s finally here: Aperiodical Round Up 6! It’s certainly been a while since the last Round Up. You might not even have the words to describe just how long it’s been. Maybe the book Naming Infinity will help.
Matt Parker’s Twitter Puzzle: 25th May
Matt Parker (@standupmaths on Twitter) has tweeted the following Maths Puzzle, to wake you up: Friday morning #MathsPuzzle! If you start the Fibonacci sequence 2,1 instead of 1,1 do you get more or fewer primes? (Check the first ten.) — Matt Parker (@standupmaths) May 25, 2012 No spoilers in the comments! Send your replies to…
Caten by David Letellier
[vimeo url=https://vimeo.com/42582062] Caten by David Letellier
Linear Programming: problem solving starting point
You may recall that a while ago I wrote about Picture this!, an interactive problem/puzzle developed by one of our supported projects at work. Now the same group have developed a problem solving ‘starting point’ on linear programming. The problem pits you as a toy manufacturer producing wooden dolls and trains, with a limited number…
“Tenet” – Galois on stage
Tony Mann has written a review of the play ‘Tenet: A True Story About the Revolutionary Politics of Telling the Truth about Truth as Edited by Someone Who is Not Julian Assange in Any Literal Sense‘. Without wanting to spoil the review, which you can read as “Tenet” – Galois on stage on Tony’s Maths…
The life and times of Paul the Psychic Octopus
You may be aware of plans for the movie ‘The life and times of Paul the Psychic Octopus’ (starring Bayes’ Theorem!). A tweet from David Spiegelhalter, who appears in the trailer, and a blog post from the Denver/Boulder A.V. Club indicates the film is ready or nearly ready to go and will appear in June and…