Mathematics

HER MATHS STORY – Sharing stories of women in mathematics

HER MATHS STORY: You are (thinking about) studying mathematics or have a background related to natural sciences? You are sometimes struggling in this male dominated area? You are doubting if you are good enough, clever enough and courageous enough to achieve what…

The NASA Engineer Who’s a Mathematician at Heart

Quanta Magazine: Just before World War II, the American civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph persuaded President Roosevelt to end discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin in defense-industry employment. Not long after, in 1941, Roosevelt issued executive…

How to use maths to win at any board game over Christmas

Wired UK: Whether you’re forming a Christmas bubble with friends and family or keeping things simple (aka staying home and lounging about in your pyjamas), at some point over the festive period someone will whip out a board game. They’re meant…

Some Math Problems Seem Impossible. That Can Be a Good Thing.

Quanta Magazine: Construct a convex octagon with four right angles. It probably says a lot about me as a teacher that I assign problems like this. I watch as students try to arrange the right angles consecutively. When that doesn’t work,…