Stephen Lee (MEI) approached me regarding a ‘Virtual IMA Branch talk’ which would be delivered by Elluminate. The advantage is that anyone can access this, even those who cannot access a standard Branch talk. We agreed I would give a puzzles talk. Last week we did a short practice run, with a couple of volunteers,…
Invasion of privacy
Q: What is your name?A: Peter Rowlett Q: What is your sex?A: Male Q: What is your date of birth?Yes, okay, I’m not going to put that here (but I don’t doubt you could find out if you tried). Q: On 27 March 2011, what is your legal marital or same-sex civil partnership status?A: Married…
Census 2011: What did I do?
Recently I wrote Census 2011: What do I do? about the “occupation” questions on the UK 2011 Census form. The issue was to summarise what I do in a way that would be as understandable as “School teacher” or “Car mechanic” and I tried to list everything I do in my earlier post. Particularly because…
Math/Maths History Tour of Nottingham 2/3 – George Green: Miller, Mathematician, and Physicist
When Samuel Hansen visited me in Nottingham I took him on a maths and computing tour of the city and we filmed content for three videos. Here is the second, on Nottingham’s most famous mathematical story, George Green. There is a YouTube playlist with all the Math/Maths History videos and a map of the locations…
Census 2011: What do I do?
I notice people on Twitter filling in the Census 2011 form already. (This is strange to me, because it is a record of who was in your house on the 27th March 2011. What happens if you get hit by a bus tomorrow? What if you’re called away for work or a family emergency? What…
Links to enthuse about mathematics
A while ago an email was posted to a mailing list I am on. The IMA, my former employer and the professional body of which I am a member (and I hope you are too), are redeveloping their website and the redeveloped site will have a section “I Love Maths”. The email asks for suggestions…
Math/Maths History Tour Locations
I made a Google Map of the locations used in the Math/Maths History Tour of Nottingham. At present this includes the locations from video 1 – Computing: Burroughs Adding Machines and Ada Lovelace – but when the rest are released I will add those too. I also made a YouTube playlist onto which I will…