A government minister in the Ministry of Justice, Lord McNally, in response to a question from Lord Sharkey on Thursday 2nd February 2012 made a statement in the House or Lords that “a posthumous pardon [for Alan Turing] was not considered appropriate”. The statement acknowledges that the offence of which Turing was convicted “now seems…
Puzzlebomb 2 released
Katie Steckles has released Puzzlebomb 2. If you missed it, Puzzlebomb 1 was released last month and caused some entertainment at my local Maths Jam. These puzzle sheets contain original puzzles. The solutions for Puzzlebomb 1 have also been released.
Math/Maths 84: A π-curious Nerd
Math/Maths 84 is now available. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Peter spoke with special guest Matt Parker about Festival Of The Spoken Nerd, Your Days Are Numbered, use of the word ‘geek’ and the Telegraph Numeracy campaign, and with Samuel, live from the streets of New York…
Putting all the world’s water in buckets
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: