Chaos: A mathematical adventure

mf344 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:40:28 +0000

"Everything flows. Everything is movement."

Maths in court and adding up

mf344 — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:02:27 +0000

The scales of justice

Are the laws of physics changing?

mf344 — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:17:24 +0000

Find out why physicists believe they might be in a lecture by John D. Barrow at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution on April 13th.

Get to grips with the Möbius strip

Rachel — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:58:54 +0000

The London Knowledge Lab have a fascinating Maths-Art workshop planned for this month, a "mostly" hands-on experience entitled "Art and the Möbius strip".

The Möbius band is one-sided (Image Konrad Polthier)

Happy birthday, Paul Erdős!

mf344 — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:03:03 +0000

The legendary mathematician Paul Erdős would have turned 100 today. Aziz S. Inan, Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Portland and a friend of Plus, has sent us this fitting tribute.

Paul Erdős would have turned 100 today! Image: Kmhkmh.

Come and meet mathematical women (and Plus) in Lancaster!

mf344 — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:11:43 +0000

Want to meet some inspirational female mathematicians? Then come to the Florence Nightingale Day, a free day of activities, at Lancaster University on April 17. The day is aimed especially at girls in year 12 at schools in the Morecambe Bay and Preston areas but it is also open to boys. "Everyone talks about getting more women into mathematics but I wanted to do something to actively encourage it," says Nadia Mazza, a mathematics graduate from Lausanne University who is behind the idea.