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    Travels in a Mathematical World

    Unexpected GCSE Success at Your Local School

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted August 27, 2011

    There were jubilant scenes yesterday (Thursday) with the long wait finally over for students across Your Town who received their GCSE results. Students at Your Local School are basking in glory after achieving set of eye-catching results. Boys bucked the national trend, performing better than girls by 5 per cent. Top performer at Your Local…

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    Arty Maths

    Tessellation Tree greeting card by Nikki Cross Applesauce

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 24, 2011

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    Arty Maths

    Prime number counting chart by electricboogaloo

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 24, 2011

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    Waldorf Math Gnomes by MamaWestWind

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 24, 2011

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    Travels in a Mathematical World

    Second-Rate Minds

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted August 24, 2011

    For writing practice, Samuel Hansen and I are collaborating on a new blog, Second-Rate Minds. We take the name from a quote from the beginning of A Mathematician’s Apology by G.H. Hardy (1940): There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men…

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    Key-ring model of the Hopf fibration by David Richter

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 22, 2011

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    Fibonacci Wedding Cake by Kim Arbios

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 20, 2011

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