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From satellites to the London Olympics, all in one career

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Discover why the number 6174 is so mysterious.

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September 2008
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Kittens, jaguars, giraffes and bees are just some of the stars in this issue of Plus, where we journey through our own intestines, examine the fashions of the animal world and use mathematics to seek universal truth... or perhaps just make some money.

Tags: statistics : trend : biometrics : database : datamining : numeracy : public image of maths


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A new project hopes to reduce the experimental error in science teaching.

Tags: statistics : data analysis : numeracy : data handling : census


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Chimps beat humans in numeracy test

Tags: numeracy : mathematical thinking