Mapmatics review: Engaging new book explores how vital mathematics is to map-making
It is impossible to find a coastline’s exact length, as it grows with the rising precision of measurementsLightguard/Getty Images MapmaticsPaulina ...
Read moreIt is impossible to find a coastline’s exact length, as it grows with the rising precision of measurementsLightguard/Getty Images MapmaticsPaulina ...
Read moreshutterstock/Jose Luis Stephens Calculating probabilities can be tricky, with subtle changes in context giving quite different results. I was reminded ...
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Read moreFor all the students wondering why they would ever need to use the Pythagorean theorem, Katie Steckles is delighted to ...
Read moreGödel proved that, mathematically speaking, time travel is physically possibleQuality Stock / Alamy The following is an extract from our ...
Read moreAvi Wigderson, winner of the 2023 Turing awardPeter Badge The mathematician Avi Wigderson has won the 2023 Turing award, often ...
Read moreA beautiful and surprisingly complex pattern produced by ‘mathematical billiards’Albers et al. PRL 2024 In a mathematical version of billiards, ...
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