List by Author: Rachel Thomas

The Fibonacci sequence: A brief introduction

Anything involving bunny rabbits has to be good.

Writing the unwritable: up-arrow notation

How to write down unimaginably large numbers using just a few symbols.

In the beginning…

Bob Wald tells us why probabilities are important in cosmology.

Trisecting an angle with origami

How to solve an ancient problem in a few folds.

All's fair in love and maths

The bitter battle for the cubic equation.

Meet the hyperbola

It might not be as familiar as the circle or parabola, but it's definitely worth getting to know the hyperbola!

Answers on a donut – the Fields medal lecture of Manjul Bhargava

We enjoyed Manjul Bhargava's Fields medal lecture so much we wanted to share it with you!

Kissing the curve

Curves bring great beauty to our world. But how curvy is a curve?

Patterns and structures

Patterns and structures lie at the heart of mathematics, some even say they are mathematics. But how do they help us do mathematics?

From dancing alone, to dancing together

Many materials around us are oxides – such as rocks, window glass and some of the materials used in your computer. These materials may seem hard and rigid, but mathematics reveals a hidden flexibility that can explain many of their properties.

Why are we here?

David Sloan calculates how likely it is that our Universe exists. He explains to us how, and why the answer can help shape our theories of physics.