Benoit Mandelbrot, RIP
Mandelbrot gave his name to a famous fractal ‘set’, whose image has adorned thousands of student bedrooms, science labs, and psychedelic paraphernalia, but he has contributed a huge amount to maths in particular, and science in general.
Read the whole postBe Positive about Maths
Why you should always be positive about maths with your children.
Read the whole postParents struggle with their children’s homework – Becta
More than 80 per cent of parents struggle with their children’s homework, and more than half actually make homework worse for their children, according to research by our favourite Educational Tech organisation – Becta. Tim Muffett of BBC Breakfast interviewed students and teachers at north London’s Anson Primary School, which has a novel solution to [...]
Read the whole postImprove your child’s math today
‘Improve your child’s math today!’ – that’s the tagline of a brand-new advert produced by Affixxius Productions. The 30-second TV ad, not yet released to the American viewing public, is nevertheless available to view on YouTube. Check it out, complete with animated monkeys, hamsters, robots and birds, and check out our online maths (or math) [...]
Read the whole postNature by numbers – beauty in maths
Stop everything. Watch ‘Nature by Numbers’. See the mathematical beauty in the natural world and the elegant, complex structures that arise from simple rules. [Props to Keat, via BoingBoing] Now carry on.
Read the whole postMath-magic at TED: no calculators needed
See ‘Math-magician’ Art Benjamin in action, below.
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