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Introducing Florence Nightingale

A brief introduction to the famous nurse and statistician.

Probably magic!

When you shuffle a deck of cards chances are the order of cards you produced has never been produced before! Find out why and learn a card trick too!

Maths in a minute: Some basic linear programming

How to solve a tricky problem using a picture.

How much maths can you eat?

Find out how maths helps to feed the world.

Where's the maths in beer?

There's actually quite a lot of maths in beer. Here are three beer-related maths stories.

Maths in a minute: The knapsack problem

The simple act of packing your luggage can open a complex can of worms.

Women of mathematics: Holly Krieger

Holly Krieger works in dynamical systems theory, in particular on chaotic systems. Some of her greatest mathematical moments have come from teaching students.

Women of mathematics: Julia Gog

Julia Gog is a mathematical biologist, helping to understand how infectious diseases spread. One of her favourite eureka moments came while she was playing a computer game.

Women of mathematics: Nilanjana Datta

Nilanjana Datta works in quantum information theory. She loves how mathematics can describe nature simply and elegantly.

Women of mathematics: Anne-Christine Davis

Anne-Christine Davis is a professor of theoretical physics whose long career has seen attitudes towards women change for the better. She had to put up with quite a lot at the start.

Women of mathematics: Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb

Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb uses mathematics to process and analyse images. She loves the collaborative nature of maths.

Women of mathematics: Natalia Berloff

Natalia Berloff is a professor of applied mathematics. It was a problem in network theory that lured her into the exciting world of maths when she was ten years old.