Rupa Patel reflects to Plus on her work as a financial engineer
When we finally meet the Martians, John Conway believes they are going to want to talk mathematics.
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Translating music into geometry
(15/05/2008)
Great educational thinker dies
(05/05/2008
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Abstract ideas better than real-world examples for maths learning
Podcast 8, April 2008: Codes and codebreaking - the Enigma machine
Here's how you can make your own cross-shaped boomerang - and it's safe enough to fly indoors! Hugh rolls up his sleeves and proves that theory isn't everything.
In this article, we look at the physics behind the curved flight path of a returning boomerang, and explain that boomerangs are really a kind of gyroscope. We even show you how to bang up a boomerang yourself!
