An e-petition: “Put Alan Turing on the next £10 note” has been posted on the Government e-petition website. The text of the petition reads: Alan Turing is a national hero. His contribution to computer science, and hence to the life of the nation and the world, is incalculable. The ripple-effect of his theories on modern…
Turing sunflower experiment as part of Manchester science festival
BBC News are reporting that “thousands of sunflowers are to be planted in Greater Manchester to try to prove a theory put forward by a mathematics genius”. The genius in question is Alan Turing who, in his work on mathematical biology, apparently theorised “that sunflower heads featured Fibonacci number sequences”. The BBC article explains that…
A scientific and graphing calculator in Minecraft
Minecraft is a game where you mine and craft. There is a substance called redstone which you can mine, and craft into circuits. Even making simple logic gates is quite finicky. That hasn’t stopped people from trying to make more complicated things like adders. Somebody has made a scientific calculator with a proper display and a…
Carnival of Mathematics – The Next Generation
Mike Croucher has written a post about the next incarnation of the Carnival of Maths, which we are coordinating.
Reviving the Carnival of Mathematics
Those keeping score may have noticed there hasn’t been a new Carnival of Mathematics for a while. I’ve agreed to take a small part in running it from now on with Katie Steckles and Christian Perfect, as part of a secret new project we’re plotting. To get the ball rolling again, I’ve volunteered to host…
Visualising the wrong data on the Guardian data blog
This visualisation shows for each council or unitary authority how many hours a week you’d need to work, earning minimum wage, in order to pay the median rent for a one-bed flat. The minimum wage is a national constant. No justification is given for using the median rent. In a fair world, the median rent…
MathsJam February 2012 Photos
