If you’re a fan of maths (which we assume you are, if you’re reading a maths blog), you might be familiar with Alex Bellos from his excellent popular maths books, including Alex’s Adventures in Numberland and the follow-up Alex Through The Looking Glass; you might also enjoy his more recent forays into puzzle books, including…
Mathematical Objects: Solids of constant width
A conversation about mathematics inspired by some solids of constant width. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes
Podcasting about: Mathematically Uncensored podcast
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical podcasts from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the podcast and asking them about what they do. We spoke to the team at the Center for Minorities in the Mathematical Sciences, about their new podcast, Mathematically Uncensored.
Review: Why Study Mathematics, by Vicky Neale
I can pinpoint the exact moment it became clear I would study maths at university. Parents’ evening, year 12, I mentioned to my French teacher that I was thinking about a French degree. He looked at me as if I was stupid and said something like “you’re good at French, but you’re GOOD at maths.…
Mathematical Objects: Ball of wool with Pat Ashforth
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a ball of wool (yarn). Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Pat Ashforth. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes
Podcasting About: Puzzling Maths
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical podcasts from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the podcast and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Rob Eastaway and Andrew Jeffrey about their new podcast, Puzzling Maths.
Doughnuts in the Sand
This is a guest post by semi-regular guest author, mathematician-turned-maths-teacher Andrew Stacey. I like having something mathematical to think about for times when I’m, for example, waiting in a queue to get into the supermarket. Annie Perkin’s Math Art Challenge has been a good source of such of late. These are a series of mathematically-inspired…