Actual Maths

We use verbal numbers and we use numerals - why do we need both? Why do we have the ones we have? What happened to Roman numerals? And what's loserish about the fiftieth Super Bowl? Stephen Chrisomalis, professor of anthropology and linguistics and author of the book Reckonings: Numerals, Cogniti

Since the 1890s, storytelling through moving images has gripped audiences across the globe. In post-war Britain, desperate to feel the magic of the big

The Man Who Knew Infinity (DVD): amzn.to/3mCIljh At the time of writing The Man Who Knew Infinity is available to watch on BBC iPlaye...

All buildings, as this fascinating article from the maths careers website reminds us, are built using mathematics. There are a number o...

The activity below is the first of four produced for the University of Nottingham's Florence Nightingale Comes Home project. This one delve...

The activity below is the second of four produced for the University of Nottingham's Florence Nightingale Comes Home project. With another ...

The activity below is the third of four produced for the University of Nottingham's Florence Nightingale Comes Home project. Less unwieldy ...

The activity below is the last of four produced for the University of Nottingham's Florence Nightingale Comes Home project. Relatively succ...

Whether you’re a teacher, researcher or educator, our Mathematical Salad selection has something for you, in six delicious categories.

Whether you’re a teacher, researcher or educator, our Mathematical Salad selection has something for you, in six delicious categories.

Lynne McClure discovers how an analytics company founder utilises mathematics

Dr Javier Díez-Palomar is the latest mathematician to face Dominika Majewska's seven questions