Pandemics Special Issue Editorial
Mathematics Today
Welcome to this Special Issue of Mathematics Today devoted to all things related to pandemics. A pandemic is an epidemic […]
The Good of the Many
Mathematics Today
Introduction In the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the UK government urgently required scientific information to inform policy. Scientific advice in the […]
The Ubiquity and Diversity of Mathematics
Mathematics Today
This is the text of a speech given by Alison Etheridge, Chair of the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, at […]
Fellow Awarded MBE for History of Mathematics
Mathematics Today
The IMA offers its congratulations to Dr Isobel Falconer FIMA who was awarded an MBE for ‘services to the History […]
Too Good to be True?
Mathematics Today
I don’t want to perpetuate a cliché about the limited social skills of mathematicians but, in my particular case, I […]
How the IMA Communicates
Mathematics Today
Communication is such a universal human concept that it can be hard to untangle precisely what at the IMA should […]
Early Career Mathematicians in Parliament
Mathematics Today
Congratulations to Matthew Tointon, Teresa Bautista and Desislava Ivanova who won the Mathematical Sciences Awards at STEM for Britain. Their […]
From Mudslides to Custard: the Maths of Slurries
Mathematics Today
Suspensions of solid particles in a liquid occur just about everywhere, from mudslides to coal slurries and custard to paint. […]
New IMA Executive Director, Rosalind Azouzi
Mathematics Today
Being passionate about the role that professional bodies play in society, providing benchmarks for professional standards which celebrate knowledge, competence, […]
Mathematical Results – do names matter?
Mathematics Today
The negative aspects of history have never seemed so important to so many. A statue of a merchant who profited […]