The Mathematical Life of Sir Christopher Wren Christopher Wren, who died 300 years ago this year, is...
Mathematical Journeys into Fictional Worlds Literary satire has long used mathematical concepts to reinforce its points.
Florence Nightingale and her Crimean War Statistics: Lessons for hospital safety, public administration and nursing Professor McDonald will discusses the history and the myth surrounding...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
Mathematical Structure in Fiction Mathematical concepts have often been used to create new structural forms in fiction, as in the works of Raymond Queneau and Jorge Luis Borges.
The Secret Mathematicians From composers to painters, writers to choreographers, the mathematician’s palette...
Wren, Hooke and Willis: Divine geometry and natural design The status of geometry with respect to the natural world...