Category: Mathematics Today

Thu 12 Oct 2017Mathematics Today

Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the International Mathematical Union’s premier prize the Fields medal, died aged 40 on […]

Thu 12 Oct 2017Mathematics Today

When the Babylonians practiced their astronomy during and after the First Babylonian Dynasty (c. 1830 BC), they were the first […]

Sat 12 Aug 2017Mathematics Today

Dr Priya Subramanian is supported by the L’Oréal UK and Ireland Fellowship for Women in Science. The annual Fellowships programme […]

Sat 12 Aug 2017Mathematics Today

Professor Sir Andrew Wiles of the University of Oxford is the 2017 recipient of the Copley Medal, the Royal Society’s […]

Sat 12 Aug 2017Mathematics Today

The motivating question Why is it always the full glasses that get knocked over? That question was posed after a […]

Sat 12 Aug 2017Mathematics Today

Algorithms, in both the broad and narrow senses of the word, affect practically every aspect of our daily lives. Algorithms […]

Sat 12 Aug 2017Mathematics Today

After 20 years of outstanding service, Graham Hoare has retired as Letters Editor for Mathematics Today. He brought much expertise […]

Mon 12 Jun 2017Mathematics Today

Travelling from the outskirts to the centre of town I’m bombarded with posters: in shop windows, on hoardings, on walls, […]

Mon 12 Jun 2017Mathematics Today

Advanced gas cooled reactors (AGRs) have provided a major contribution to the security of the UK’s electricity supply for four […]

Mon 12 Jun 2017Mathematics Today

Doireann O’Kiely was awarded the IMA Lighthill-Thwaites Prize at the British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC), held at the University of […]