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- Browse with Plus
- Mathematical moments
- Live maths
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Latest news from Plus
Mathematically fluent - A new online thesaurus puts maths at
your fingertips.
http://plus.maths.org/latestnews/jan-apr04/mbutton/index.html
Post-14 post-Smith - A UK government inquiry into maths education
has the statistics community worried.
http://plus.maths.org/latestnews/jan-apr04/post14/index.html
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Browse with Plus
Fractovia - Learn about fractals, how to generate them, listen to
fractal music or just while away some time browsing the hundreds of
beautiful fractal images in the gallery.
http://www.fractovia.org
More on fractals from Plus:
http://plus.maths.org/indices/keyword_urls.html#FRACTAL
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Mathematical moments
Leonardo da Vinci - Born 15 April 1452 Italy, Died 2 May 1519 France.
The archetypal Renaissance man, da Vinci is remembered for his art,
his inventions and science, and his mathematics.
Read more about Leonardo da Vinci...
from the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive:
http://turnbull.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Leonardo.html
from the Museum of Science:
http://www.mos.org/leonardo/
Read more about da Vinci and his art from Plus:
http://plus.maths.org/issue22/features/golden/
http://plus.maths.org/issue23/features/criminisi/
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Live Maths
Mathematics, Magic and the Electric Guitar - Why is the number 1089 so
special? What is the connection between mathematics and the electric
guitar? Can mathematics even explain the legendary Indian Rope Trick?
Dr David Acheson considers these and other questions as he
takes an informal look at surprises in mathematics.
When: 5pm Thursday 6th May 2004
Where: Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Clarkson Road, Cambridge
The lecture is free, but by ticket only. For more information see the
MMP web site:
http://mmp.maths.org/events/lecturelist.html
You can read a review of David Acheson's book, "1089 and all that" on
Plus...
http://plus.maths.org/issue23/reviews/book1/index.html
Happy reading from the Plus team.
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