Category: Mathematics Today

Fri 13 Aug 2021Mathematics Today

The IMA offers its congratulations to Dr Ellen Brooks Pollock FIMA who was awarded an OBE for ‘services to the […]

Fri 13 Aug 2021Mathematics Today

Watch out! Your shoelaces are undone! … At least that’s what a knot theorist would tell you. Mathematically, your laces […]

Fri 11 Jun 2021Mathematics Today

The so-called Bristol heart scandal in the mid 1990s was a watershed moment for the collection and analysis of medical […]

Fri 11 Jun 2021Mathematics Today

Matthew Colbrook was awarded the 2021 IMA Lighthill–Thwaites Prize at the British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC), ‘for his simply explained […]

Fri 11 Jun 2021Mathematics Today

Occasionally I’m asked to lead a workshop with students on professionalism. I always find it interesting and stimulating to discuss […]

Fri 11 Jun 2021Mathematics Today

I grew up in rural East Suffolk, and the village of Bramfield is around 10 minutes’ drive from my childhood […]

Mon 12 Apr 2021Mathematics Today

I read with fascination Michael Sewell’s article describing a ‘Coffee break problem’ [1]. It reminded me of a problem that […]

Mon 12 Apr 2021Mathematics Today

It’s the sort of question about which books are written and movies are made. It’s even the sort of question, […]

Mon 12 Apr 2021Mathematics Today

Growing up, we read about heroes in science and mathematics whose breakthrough ideas led to innovations. Unnoticed by many is […]

Mon 12 Apr 2021Mathematics Today

Recently I watched a very interesting and well-evidenced documentary film about Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, 1914–2000) on […]