February was two days shorter than January. “I’m worried”, I tweeted, “If this carries on, how long will December 2012 be?” Another way of looking at this is that February is about 93.5% the length of January, so I asked which would produce a shorter December:A. losing a fixed 2 days each month; or,B. each…
London Day Trip Stop 1: British Library
In a previous blog post Things to do in London on a Tuesday I asked for suggestions of things to do on my day trip to London. I went because I was invited to attend the inaugural London walking tour from Maths in the City – we’ll get to that – and apparently the date…
PRISMATICA by Kit Webster
[vimeo url=https://vimeo.com/37388088] PRISMATICA by Kit Webster
Stereotype-abiding mathematicians of the world, unite!
Recently I wrote a post, Mathematicians are people too, about the image problem of mathematicians and called for examples of mathematicians who do not fit the traditional stereotype. On Google+, Christian Perfect said: ok, so, as an autistic white male mathematician, I’m going to steer clear. I said that as a glasses-wearing, bearded white man,…
Math/Maths 87: Faulty Cables, Ridiculous Buses & Intergalactic Steroids
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: Samuel’s ridiculous bus trip; Computer programmes with IQ 150; IBM’s Watson and data analytics; Extracting Dynamical Equations from Experimental Data is NP-Hard; OPERA faster-than-light neutrinos experiment UPDATE…
The Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection is now online
The Jerry Slocum Collection of mechanical puzzles embodies a lifetime pursuit of the intriguing and the perplexing. The result is the largest assemblage of its kind in the world, with over 34,000 puzzles. Unlike word or jigsaw puzzles, mechanical puzzles are hand-held objects that must be manipulated to achieve a specific goal. Popular examples include…
MathPuzzle.com updated
After almost three months, Ed Pegg has finally added some new material to MathPuzzle.com. He says he’s been working his way through the top 1000 films. It’s a fairly thin update, but maybe he’ll get back in the swing of things.