Early Mathematics Day: The MacPlatonic Solids: Mathematics in Neolithic Scotland What is the mathematical significance of certain prehistoric objects that...
Mathematics in War and Peace - Euler's Work on Ballistics As a commemoration of the end of the First World War, the event will focus on the theme of mathematics in war and peacetime.
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 Archimedes Codex A lecture on the Archimedes Palimpsest, delivered by Professor Reviel...
Early Mathematics Day: Exploring Ancient Greek and Roman Numeracy An examination of the role of numeracy within ancient civilisations...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
The Movement of Ponytails, Ships and the Millennium Bridge A question from the lecture 'Leonardo, Rapunzel and the Mathematics...
Mathematical Journeys into Fictional Worlds Literary satire has long used mathematical concepts to reinforce its points.
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.