calculus of variations

Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck has been awarded the Abel Prize 2019!

Maths in a minute

Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

Universe Unravelled

We're proud to announce the launch of a documentary we have been working on together with the Discovery Channel and the Stephen Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology in Cambridge.
Maths in a minute: Triangular numbers

Triangular numbers: find out what they are and why they are beautiful!
Physics in a minute: The double slit experiment

One of the most famous experiments in physics demonstrates the strange nature of the quantum world.
Taming complexity

Maria Bruna has won a Whitehead Prize for finding a systematic way of simplifying complex systems.
Some lovely proofs by picture

Don't like trigonometry? Don't worry, here are three beautiful proofs of a well-known result that make do without it.