Articles

• Outer space: Canoeing and Kayaking

  23 mai, par Rachel — drag, mathematics in sport, olympics, outerspace
  John D. Barrow A simple question to ask about kayak races is whether having lots of paddlers helps or slows the boat down? The kayak with two paddlers has twice as many "engines" to power it but it also has twice as much weight to drag through the water. Which is the dominant factor? Kayak (...)
  

• The puzzle of time

  
  18 mai, par mf344 — mathematical reality, Big Bang, entropy, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, time
  Roger Penrose talks to us about the nature of time and his cyclic universe model. Listen to The puzzle of time read more
  

• Graph theory knits a torus

  9 mai, par Rachel
  If you've never heard of cubic Hamiltonian graphs before then take a look at Christopher Manning's wonderful cubic Hamiltonian graph builder. No, really, do! We too had never heard of them and now we think they are the bee's knees! read (...)
  

• Does it pay to be clever?

  5 mai, par mf344 — mathematical reality, altruism, evolution, evolutionary game theory, game theory, Iterated Prisoners' Dilemma, neural network, neuroscience, Prisoner's Dilemma
  Why are we so clever? In evolutionary terms this isn't obvious: evolution tends to favour cheap solutions and the human brain is expensive. It consumes about 20% of our body's energy budget yet it only makes up 2% of our body mass. So why did it make evolutionary sense for us humans (...)
  

• Imaginary Barcelona

  
  4 mai, par Rachel — algebraic geometry, mathematics and art, public understanding of mathematics, symmetry
  Imaginary is an interactive mathematics exhibition that inspires the imagination with beautiful images. And what is more exciting it allows anyone to step into the world of maths! Listen to "Imaginary Barcelona" read more
  

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