The Shape of Gravity: Why On Earth Are Planets Spherical? We often take for granted that planets, shaped by the...
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 Shape of Shells: She Sells Self-Similar Spiral Seashells on the Seashore It is impossible not to marvel at the beauty and...
100 Essential Things You Didn't Know About Maths and the Arts We apply mathematics to some of the arts: identify Dali's...
Early Mathematics Day: The MacPlatonic Solids: Mathematics in Neolithic Scotland What is the mathematical significance of certain prehistoric objects that...
Might as well toss a coin: How random numbers help us find exact solutions Randomness is clearly important in computer games and in the...
Lord Kelvin and the French 'F' Word: The Greatest Victorian Scientist? Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the...
The Shape of Plants: Why Plants Love Mathematics and Mathematicians Love Plants Looking at the plant world, one discovers beautiful and fascinating...