Today the European Mathematical Society launches PopMath, a calendar of popular maths events taking place across Europe and beyond, including online. It should be a great resource for people wanting to find or share details of mathematical outreach activities.
Equatum is a new puzzle format invented by mathematician Justin Roughley, and is now available in the form of a book. We chatted to Justin about his life and his puzzles.
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of December, is now online at Ganit Charcha. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, occasionally including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information.
Here’s the latest (well, almost) news of mathematical and maths-related things that happened in December.
This guest review is written by Sophie Maclean. Math Without Numbers will be released on 7th January. I think it’s safe to say that all fans of The Aperiodical like maths. I would also be confident in saying that there’s a shared feeling of “the more the merrier”, and we want as many people as…
It’s that time of year when we take a look at the UK Government’s New Years Honours list for any particularly mathematical entries. Here is the selection for this year – any more, let us know in the comments and we’ll add to the list. Phillippa Spencer, Senior Principal Statistician, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.…
This is a follow-up to James’s FAQ for the 2014 film The Imitation Game. Shakuntala Devi is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language film about Shakuntala Devi, a performer of impressive mental calculations, available now on Amazon Prime.