Below is a video from the BBC about the Royal Society Summer Science 2009 exhibition. This interests me in two ways: Firstly, not featured in the video is Edmund Harriss and his team who have taken a mathematics exhibit to the show, “How do Shapes Fill Space?” This is good news and will be mentioned…
Video: Where can studying mathematics take you?
This video, via the Further Maths Network, might interest. It looks at careers open to people who have studied a Further Mathematics A-Level.
Podcast: Episode 35 – Terry Edwards – Chartered Mathematician
These are the show notes for episode 35 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 35 is the sum of the cubes of the first two primes. More about 35 from Number Gossip. This week on the podcast I talked over a little of the content from my careers talk and asked Terry Edwards,…
Podcast: Episode 34 – Eugenia Cheng, Category theory
These are the show notes for episode 34 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 34 is the magic constant of a 4 by 4 normal magic square. More about 34 from Number Gossip. There is a good page on magic squares from markfarrar.co.uk. This week on the podcast I speak to Dr. Eugenia…
Echoes in an empty room
A little while ago I found a post on another blog “Blogging for the Working Mathematician: Another mathematical blog and podcast” by Jan Grabowski. This contains a description of my podcast. In contrast to other links I have seen to the podcast, this does not simply repeat my own description but appears to be an…
Podcast: Episode 33 – David Fearn, Magnetohydrodynamics
These are the show notes for episode 33 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 33 is the smallest integer that can not be expressed as a sum of different triangular numbers. More about 33 from the 33 Mysteries website. Earlier in the year I travelled to Glasgow and visited the University of Glasgow.…
Mathematics Today June: University Liaison Officer’s Report
Careers resources So far in 2009 around 450 students, 7 careers staff and 33 academic staff in 16 audiences have heard me speak on careers for mathematicians. My experience with staff is that they are very appreciative. Usually they either say “Thank you, that really reinforces everything we’ve been saying,” or “Wow, I’ve really learned…