Solving the Ancient Camel Puzzle: A 3,500-Year-Old Mathematical Trick A sheikh's will leaves behind 17 camels to be divided...
The Convoluted Brain: Wrinkles and Folds The human brain has a very distinct and complex appearance...
Furiously Flashing Fireflies: Synchronised Signalling in the Mating Game One of the most spectacular displays in the whole of...
Modelling the Spread of Infectious Diseases Mathematics has proved to be of considerable benefit in modelling the...
Mathematical Journeys into Fictional Worlds Literary satire has long used mathematical concepts to reinforce its points.
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
The Mathematics of Evolutionary Biology - Implications for Ethics, Teleology and 'Natural Theology' THE ANNUAL BOYLE LECTURE The Boyle lectures address topics which...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.