Following this pair of tweets about water: A bucket full of water contains more atoms than there are bucketfuls of water in the Atlantic Ocean — The QI Elves (@qikipedia) February 5, 2012 .@qikipedia There are 10,000× more molecules per pint of water than pints of water on earth. (3×10^21 pints/earth vs 2×10^25 molecules/pint) —…
Conference: IMA Mathematics 2012
The seventh annual IMA “Mathematics” conference will take place on Thursday 22 March 2012 in London. The website has the following details: Mathematics 2012 is the seventh in the series of annual IMA conferences to promote mathematics. This series aims to demonstrate to both mathematicians and non mathematicians the many uses of modern mathematics. The work…
Paper light shades by Lazerian
Paper light shades by Lazerian:
Cubes "portraits" by daha mobilier
Cubes “portraits” by daha mobilier:
Newcastle MathsJam January 2012 Recap
January’s MathsJam was a bit massive. It’s now a week later and I’ve only just gathered enough thoughts together to do this writeup. There were nine of us this month, all but one of whom either maths students or lecturers. A major theme of the night was of professional mathematicians or nearly-professional mathematicians forgetting basic…
Why do we enjoy maths history misconceptions?
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.