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Citius, Altius, Fortius: Records, Medals and Drug Taking

We examine the striking patterns between world record performances in...

The Story of Pi

The 'circle number' pi has fascinated people for thousands of...

Unplugging computers

The story of e

What do we mean by exponential growth? How quickly does...

The story of i

What is meant by the square root of minus 1...

Some History of Latin Squares in Experiments

Professor Rosemary A. Bailey takes the audience through the history...

Fermat's Theorems

The seventeenth century mathematician Pierre de Fermat is mainly remembered...

Butterflies, Chaos and Fractals

In 1972 the meteorologist, Edward Lorenz, delivered a lecture with...

How computers get it wrong: 2+2 = 5

When lives depend on calculations, human error can kill. From...

The Troubled Brain: Ageing and Dementia

Diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s are devastating neurological conditions...