I don’t think I have come to a conclusion from my previous blog post about historical accuracy and popularisation, though there were some interesting points in the comments (relating less to my comments about the ‘errors which may be gently corrected’ and more to the ‘demands of the narrative’). George Jelliss and Thony C. both…
Puzzlebomb – February 2012
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 2 of Puzzlebomb, for February 2012, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 2 – February 2012 The solutions to Issue 2 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 2 – February 2012 – Solutions Other issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Open mic for science communication
Science Showoff promises “open mic for all communicators of science” and aims to be a place where people from all the bits of the science communication industry could share their latest work, in a performance-based way, and then chew it over with a pint in hand (or a whisky in hand). We also wanted it…
singingbanana code challenge
James Grime, of the Enigma project and guest editor of the February 2012 code month at Nrich, has posted a code breaking challenge on his YouTube channel singingbanana. The prize is a signed copy of Simon Singh’s The Code Book. You can get the ciphertext to decrypt along with a couple of clues presented with…
Three new Mathematics Matters case studies
Three new case studies have been posted to the IMA’s Mathematics Matters series. This aims to address the following problem: The industry and technology that surrounds us owes a great debt to modern mathematics research, yet this fact is perfectly hidden in its physical manifestation. The concern with this state of affairs is that what…
Alan Turing Pardon: Early Day Motion
John Leech MP, on his blog, reports having submitted an Early Day Motion (EDM) to Parliament calling for a pardon for Alan Turing. The Parliament website defines EDMs: Early day motions (EDMs) are tabled by MPs to publicise a particular event or cause, and to gather support among MPs for that event or cause. MPs…
A dozen stats tips for journalists
A post on the website of the getstats campaign offers a dozen tips for journalists, who “increasingly have to have at least minimal competence in understanding stats and data, if they are going to do a creditable job”. From a warning to think about the motivation of whoever “cooked up” the number in a press…