What’s Luck Got to Do with It? The History, Mathematics, and Psychology of the Gambler’s Illusion
Joseph Mazur PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 2010, 296 PAGES PRICE (HARDBACK) £20.95 ISBN 978-0-691-13890-9 Joseph Mazur’s book takes us on a […]
Science and Technology Committee – Tenth Special Report Response
The Science and Technology Select Committee has received responses from the government and Research Councils UK to the Peer review […]
Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World
David Easley and Jon Kleinberg CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2010, 744 PAGES PRICE (HARDBACK) £30.00 ISBN 978-0-521-19533-1 The growth of connectedness […]
Mathematics of Social Choice: Voting, Compensation, and Division
Christoph Börgers SIAM 2010, 250 PAGES PRICE (PAPERBACK) £22.00 ISBN 978-0-89-871695-5 This book is an introduction to, as the title […]
Loving and Hating Mathematics: Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life
Reuben Hersh and Vera John-Steiner PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 2011, 428 PAGES PRICE (HARDBACK) £20.95 ISBN 978-0-691-14247-0 Mathematicians are different from […]
West Midlands Branch events 2011
26 September 2011, 6:30pm International Guild of Knot Tyers Venue: Old Joint Stock pub, near Colmore Row in Birmingham 29 […]
Ten Top Tips for Sports Betting
21 September 2011, 6:00pm Ten Top Tips for Sports Betting, Professor Ray Hill (University of Salford) Abstract We identify some […]
How Maths Built the Olympic Stadium
14th September 2011, 7:00pm How Maths Built the Olympic Stadium, Paul Shepherd FIMA Abstract London will host the 2012 Olympic […]
IMA Conference on Mathematics of the Climate System
Date: Tuesday 13 – Thursday 15 September 2011 Location: University of Reading This conference will be about the construction and […]
The Vorderman report recognising mathematics is critically important
The Institute welcomes Carol Vorderman’s report – A world-class mathematics education for all our young people – on the health of mathematics education in this country.


