List by Author: Marianne Freiberger

The Fields Medals 2006
Perelman
The highest honour in maths has been awarded to four mathematicians
Troubled minds and perfect turbulence
icon
Van Gogh paintings mimic the physics that governs turbulence
Beating bird flu with bills
bird
The travels of bank notes give important clues to epidemiologists
Innate geometry
shell
Is geometry hard-wired into our brain?
ART+MATH=X
Carla Farsi is both an artist and a mathematician, who declared 2005 her Special Year for art and maths. Find out what she got up to, and what it's like being a part of both worlds.
How to measure a million
measuring money
The risks in Who wants to be a millionaire?
Brave young worlds
planets
Extrasolar planets have been grabbing the headlines