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    Travels in a Mathematical World

    People may not like Vorderman, but her report?

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted August 14, 2011

    The Conservative Party have published a report, “A world-class mathematics education for ALL our young people”. The initial reaction I saw on Twitter was very negative, entirely directed to Carol Vorderman’s personality characteristics and her qualification to chair such a study. On Monday when I tweeted a link to the report @slewth asked, “I mis-read…

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    Arty Maths

    Study by Imaginary Foundation

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 12, 2011

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    MÖBIUS by ENESS

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 11, 2011

    [vimeo url=https://vimeo.com/27461519]

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    Three Times Seven by Doc & Merle Watson

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 8, 2011

    [youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ7OmrSeCRs]

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    Echoes Reality 4D by Max Cooper

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 8, 2011

    [vimeo url=https://vimeo.com/21228942] via NotCot.org

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    Love and Tensor Algebra by Stanisław Lem

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 8, 2011

    Love and Tensor Algebra, a poem by Stanisław Lem.

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    Travels in a Mathematical World

    Relatively Prime is funded

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted August 3, 2011

    Well, incredibly, Samuel Hansen has done it – Relatively Prime will be funded in six hours, having now crossed the minimum funding limit. (If you want your name on the list of funders you can still donate $5 by 11:13pm EDT and every little extra will help.) Anyway, moments after the bid came in that…

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