Mathematics is vital!
[This is a painful post to write and probably to read, I attempt to soften the blow by including some geometric construction projects I have been working on!] I write this as a… Read More
Tag Archive: Gowers
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Would an Alternative Vote make a difference?
[Update 10/5/10: For a far less back of the envelope calculation, based on a poll including second intention rather than guesswork, you can look at this study from the Electoral Reform Society. They… Read More
Laptops are not the problem…
I take on Doron Zeilberger on laptops and talks
Communication at the LMS
The importance of communication the the future of the LMS and mathematics
Use of Mathematics and Hyperscopes
The new “Use of Mathematics” A-level has been hotly debated recently. I would like to start by saying that I agree that things need to be done on this topic. There are some… Read More
Mathematical materials
To start with a little housekeeping. I have rather neglected this blog, as the summer science exhibition rather took it out of me. I am also going to retire the unscheduled post tag.… Read More
Book Review: Mathematics a Very Long Introduction
I recently received my copy of the wonderful The Princeton Companion to Mathematics. In the title of this piece, I could not help making the obvious joke, as the editor Tim Gowers also… Read More
