Modelling the Spread of Infectious Diseases Mathematics has proved to be of considerable benefit in modelling the...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
Furiously Flashing Fireflies: Synchronised Signalling in the Mating Game One of the most spectacular displays in the whole of...
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 Geometry of Evolution Evolutionary biology raises many unsolved questions: for example, whether evolution...
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.