Gavin Harper is a mathematician working right at the heart of genetics
(24/03/2010)
A Galileo of number theory
(16/03/2010)
The state of the Arctic
(03/03/2010)
How do you know a drug works? Should it be free on the NHS?
Plus podcast 22, February 2010: Evaluating a medical treatment
Many people find no beauty and pleasure in maths - but, as Lewis Dartnell explains, our brains have evolved to take pleasure in rhythm, structure and pattern. Since these topics are fundamentally mathematical, it should be no surprise that mathematical methods can illuminate our aesthetic sense.
