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16
Apr
2021

What have Mathematics and Statistics ever done for...

By Graham Robertson Senior Marketing Executive, Cambridge University Press How much do you know about the influence of mathematics and statistics? April is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness...
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14
Apr
2021

Bounded gaps between primes: the epic...

Why did I write this book? Certainly there are quite a few mathematicians who could write a better book on bounded gaps. I thought that the series of wonderful breakthroughs deserved to be celebrated...
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5
Mar
2021

Did an apple really fall on Newton’s head?

The original post can be found at www.principia.blog Everyone knows that The Principia was based on the inspiration that struck Newton when the apple struck his head, as you can...
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9
Oct
2019

Energy Transfers in Fluid Flows

Understanding turbulence is an important and challenging problem with a million dollar prize money on it. We illustrate the complexity of a turbulent flow using an example. Consider coffee being mixed...
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29
Mar
2019

To what extent is the History of Mathematics a...

Mathematics rivals theology when it comes to ontological difficulties Mathematics rivals theology when it comes to ontological difficulties; consequently there are today three very different philosophical...
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8
Nov
2017

Ada Lovelace Programming Pioneer

For the 150th anniversary of Marie Curie's birth Tony Hey author of The Computing Universe, 2015 looks at the life and legacy of the first computer ...
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5
Apr
2017

It Is Best to Accept the Banach Tarski Paradox

In October 2016, a few months after our book appeared, I was at an AMS conference in Denver where Andreas Blass told me of an interesting fact related to the Banach–Tarski Paradox (BTP). I will summarize...
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17
Nov
2016

Remarks on The Banach-Tarski Paradox

'The Banach-Tarski Paradox' co-author Grzegorz Tomkowicz describes the differences between the first and second edition of the classic book and touches on the relationship between mathematics and natu...
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