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Gavin Harper is a mathematician working right at the heart of genetics

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March 2010
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Plus went to see members of Norman Foster's group of architects to learn about the maths behind architecture.

Tags: computer simulation : geometry : computer programming : computer science : computer animation : computer graphics : architecture


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Exhibition design is not a career that the mathematically inclined tend to think about, let alone pursue. Barry Phipps is the first interdisciplinary fellow with the Kettle's Yard gallery in Cambridge. His remit is to develop projects of an interdisciplinary nature — "to find the common ground between things." Whilst most people think that art and science are two completely separate non-overlapping areas of human endeavour, Phipps does not see it this way.

Tags: philosophy of mathematics : mathematics and art : public understanding of mathematics : architecture : sculpture


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The mathematics of foam coats Olympic swimming venue

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Conversations across science and art

Tags: klein bottle : mathematics and art : architecture : sculpture