Twitter ‘worse at counting than hyenas’
On twitter.com a tweet will have listed under it a statement like: “Retweeted by Jim and n others”. I’ve noticed for a while now that the value of n seems incorrect. Idly, I asked on Twitter if people have noticed this. @IgorCarron said that “Jim plus n others” means there should be n+1 people in…
Nottingham Maths Jam on BBC Radio Nottingham
At the August Maths Jam, we in Nottingham were joined by a reporter from BBC Radio Nottingham’s breakfast show, who wanted to know what we were all about. A feature was broadcast last Friday. You can listen to this for a very limited time at: Andy Whittaker, Friday 2nd September. The Maths Jam section starts…
A brisk trade in souvenir mugs
Readers of this blog may be aware that my local maths history comes much in the form of George Green, a local miller and mathematician (indeed it is a George Green mug I am drinking from in the Math/Maths Podcast album art). I noticed the following passage in the introduction to the Proceedings of the…
Folded photographs by Abigail Reynolds
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Alan Turing by Stephen Kettle
A slight change to the format today: You got your art in my mathematician! This sculpture created for Bletchley Park really is a sight to behold.
Structures of Warped Surfaces by Eduardo F. Catalano
Hyperbolic paraboloids created from straight lines, like you used to draw in your maths exercise book.