These are the show notes for episode 24 of the Travels in a Mathematical World podcast. 24 is the only number that is the product of all the numbers less than its square root. More about 24 from Number Gossip. This week on the podcast we hear from John Sharp of the London Knowledge Lab…
Chalk and talk and interactive whiteboards
Last December I gave a talk to the E-Learning in Mathematical Subjects (ELMS) Seminar Series at Nottingham Trent University. This was based on an essay I wrote for my PGCHE on lecture delivery methods. It looks at chalk and talk methods vs. PowerPoint and winds up on some of the things that can be done…
The view on careers from a tower overlooking London
I spent the day in London and gave my careers talk at London Metropolitan University. I had to modify this as the first and second year students had a class which started half way through my talk, while the final year students could stay for the whole hour (or hour and 15 as it turned…
Podcast: Episode 23 – Paul Shepherd, Decimation and Subdivision
These are the show notes for episode 23 of the Travels in a Mathematical World podcast. Readers of this blog will know I am relieved to have remembered to note that 23 is prime. 23 is an interesting number thanks to the birthday problem: In a group of 23 or more randomly selected people there…
Neil Goldwasser on Maths Careers
I am happy to report a friend from university, Neil Goldwasser, who now works as a Dyslexia Support Tutor and Adult Numeracy Tutor for Hertford Regional College, who I featured on Episode 7 of the Travels in a Mathematical World podcast, has submitted a profile to the Maths Careers website. View Neil Goldwasser’s career profile…
Podcast Episode 22: Mike Maher, Transport modelling
These are the show notes for episode 22 of the Travels in a Mathematical World podcast. 22 is the smallest multidigit number such that the sum of its digits equals the product of its digits. More about 22 from Number Gossip. Recently I visited Scotland and while there I met Mike Maher, Professor of the…
9 is an experimental error
As many will know, at the start of episodes of the Travels in a Mathematical World podcast I give a number fact. My intention at the start was that I would also point out when numbers are prime, buoyed on by enthusiasm for prime numbers. In episode 9 of the Travels in a Mathematical World…