A couple of days ago, a question occurred to me: What’s the furthest I’ve ever been from anyone else?
We all need some space!
Aperiodical News Roundup – May & June 2023
Maths news didn’t stop coming this month, and if you missed it, here was our coverage of the new Spectre aperiodic monotile, an improvement on the previous monotile discovery. Here’s some other news that happened in May and June which we didn’t otherwise cover here. Vladimir Drinfeld and Shing-Tung Yau have been awarded the 2023…
Mathematical Objects: A book with Sarah Hart
A conversation about mathematics and literature inspired by a book. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett with special guest Sarah Hart, author of Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes
Particularly mathematical Birthday Honours 2023
The UK Government have announced the first set of King’s Birthday Honours for King Charles III. Here’s our selection of particularly mathematical entries for this year. If you spot any more, let us know in the comments and we’ll add to the list. Get the full list of honours on gov.uk.
Review: How to Expect the Unexpected, by Kit Yates
At some point during the pandemic, Kit Yates‘s bushy beard (and the rest of his face) popped onto our TV screen and I said to the kids “oh! I know him!” It seemed like every news broadcast for the next month was interrupted by shouts of “hey! That’s dad’s maths friend!” Someone they’d never noticed…
Mathematical Objects: Battenberg cake
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Battenberg cake. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes
Alternative methods of arithmetic
This is a guest post by David Benjamin, who’s previously written several other guest posts on various topics. It’s unavoidable that part of doing mathematics will always involve arithmetic: the simple calculations, additions and multiplications that so much else is built on. But the beauty of mathematics is that even these basic operations can be…