visualisation

Kaleidoscopic crystals!

Here is our image of the week!

Saul Schleimer and Henry Segerman show off some of their beautiful 3D printed mathematical structures.

Probabilities and statistics: they are everywhere, but they are hard to understand and can be counter-intuitive. So what's the best way of communicating them to an audience that doesn't have the time, desire, or background to get stuck into the numbers? This article explores modern visualisation techniques and finds that the right picture really can be worth a thousand words.

A new way to use old data can help you assess your travel options

Mathematics illustrates the forefront of visualising science

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.

In the first of a new series 'Imaging Maths', Plus takes an illustrated tour of an extraordinary geometric construction: the Klein bottle.