The Convoluted Brain: Wrinkles and Folds The human brain has a very distinct and complex appearance...
Mathematical Journeys into Fictional Worlds Literary satire has long used mathematical concepts to reinforce its points.
Public Key Cryptography: Secrecy in Public For centuries massive intellectual effort has gone into methods of...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
Time for a Change: Introducing irreversible time in economics An exploration of the remarkable consequences of using Boltzmann's 1870s...
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 World of Isaac Newton This illustrated lecture will cover Newton's life and his mathematical and scientific labours in the context of 17th-century England.
The Secret Mathematicians From composers to painters, writers to choreographers, the mathematician’s palette...
The celestial geometry of John Flamsteed: Mapping the heavens from 17th century Greenwich During his 46 years as Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed elevated...