Browse Items (36 total)
- Discipline is exactly "Maths"
Other Lives
'Other Lives', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2007; 2007-2-22; Burnyeat, M. F.; Charles Kahn; Christoph Riedweg; History of Science; Mathematics; Maths; Pythagoras
Provenly Unprovable
'Provenly Unprovable', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2006; 2006-9-2; Biography; Feferman, Solomon; Fiction; Incompleteness Theorem; Kurt G�del; Mathematics; Maths; theorems and hypotheses
The Blindfolded Archer
'The Blindfolded Archer', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2005; 2005-4-8; Benoit Manelbort; Chaos Theory; Economics; Financial services; Fractal Geometry; MacKenzie, Donald; Mathematics; Maths; Richard Hudson
The Strange Case of Louis de Branges
'The Strange Case of Louis de Branges', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2004; 2004-7-22; Atle Selberg; Bela Bollobas; Brian Conrey; Louis de Branges; Mathematics; Maths; Nikolai Niklski; Paul Malliavin; Riemann Hypothesis; Sabbagh, Karl; theorems and hypotheses
The Seven Million Dollar Question
'The Seven Million Dollar Question', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2004; 2004-7-22; Bernhard Riemann; David Hilbert; Henri Poincar�; Keith Devlin; Mathematics; Maths; Moore, A. W.; Prizes; theorems and hypotheses; Unsolved Problems
How to Catch a Tortoise
'How to Catch a Tortoise', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2003; 2003-12-18; Aristotle; Brian Clegg; David Foster Wallace; Ellen Kaplan; Georg Cantor; Infinity; Mathematics; Maths; Moore, A. W.; Robert Kaplan
Dedicated dodecahedron
'Dedicated dodecahedron', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2003; 2003-9-1; Jr, Richard E. Maltby; Maths
Genetic Mountaineering
'Genetic Mountaineering', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2003; 2003-6-2; Complexity Theory; emergence; King Louis-Philippe; Maths; Richard Lewontin; Robert-Houdin; Simon Conway Morris; Stephen Jay Gould; Stephen Wolfram; Stuart Kauffman; Woolfson, Adrian
If you change a four-lane highway into a six-lane highway and back again, by how much do you increase its capacity?
'If you change a four-lane highway into a six-lane highway and back again, by how much do you increase its capacity?', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2002; 2002-10-17; Gerd Gigerenzer; John Lanchester; Maths; McManus, Chris; probability; Uncertainty
How did the slime mould cross the maze?
'How did the slime mould cross the maze?', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2002; 2002-3-21; Complexity Theory; emergence; Henry Mayhew; Jane Jacobs; Mark Taylor; Maths; Slime Moulds; Steven Johnson; Woolfson, Adrian
Why statistics tend not only to describe the world but to change it
'Why statistics tend not only to describe the world but to change it', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000; 2000-4-13; 2000s; Alain Desrosi�res; Daston, Lorraine; Ian Hacking; Marie-No�lle Bourguet; Mary Morgan; Mathematics; Maths; Statistics; Stephen Stigler; Theodore Porter
Counting Body Parts
'Counting Body Parts', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000; 2000-1-20; 2000s; Brian Butterworth; Innateness; Mathematics; Maths; Paulos, John Allen
Sea-shells and Tigers
'Sea-shells and Tigers', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1999; 1999-3-18; Alan Turing; Astrobiology; Biology; D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson; Ian Stewart; John Tyler Bonner; Kitcher, Philip; Mathematics; Maths; Stephen Jay Gould; tom Stoppard
Fortress Mathematica
'Fortress Mathematica', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-9-17; Astrobiology; Biology; G�nter Ziegler; John Nash; Martin Aigner; Mathematics; Maths; Paul Erd�s; Paul Hoffman; Rotman, Brian; Sylvia Nasar
When to Stop Counting
'When to Stop Counting', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1997; 1997-11-27; Amir Aczel; Andrew Wiles; Fermat's Last Theorem; Mathematics; Maths; Rotman, Brian; theorems and hypotheses
Beautiful equations
'Beautiful equations', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1995; 1995-1-1; Lightman, Alan; Maths
Blood and logic
'Blood and logic', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1994; 1994-6-1; Biography; Dummett, Michael; Jean van Heijenoort; Leon Trotsky; Logic; Mathematics; Maths
The awakening of my interest in annular systems
'The awakening of my interest in annular systems', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1993; 1993-9-1; Maths; Wallace, David Foster
The Mountains of Pi
'The Mountains of Pi', The New Yorker
Tags: 1990s; 1992; 1992-3-2; Gregory Chudnovsky; mail-order; Mathematics; Maths; number theory; Preston, Richard; supercomputer; supercomputers; theorems and hypotheses
Tennis, trigonometry, tornadoes
'Tennis, trigonometry, tornadoes', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1991; 1991-12-1; David Foster Wallace; Illinois; Maths; Other; Suburban life; Teenage boys; Tennis; Tornadoes; training; Wallace, David Foster
Faith, Hope and Probability
'Faith, Hope and Probability', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1991; 1991-5-23; Douglas, Mary; History of Science; Ian Hacking; Maths; probability; Statistics
Hofstadterismus
'Hofstadterismus', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1986; 1986-4-17; Dorothy Stein; Douglas Hofstadter; Hodges, Andrew; Logic; Mathematics; Maths; Psychology; Social Critique
Undecidables
'Undecidables', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1984; 1984-2-16; Alan Turing; Andrew Hodges; Computer Science; Cryptography; Hampshire, Stuart; Logic; Mathematics; Maths
Plaintive geometry
'Plaintive geometry', Harpers
Tags: 1960s; 1966; 1966-6-1; Lamport, Felicia; Maths
Mathematics for practically everybody
'Mathematics for practically everybody', Harpers
Tags: 1960s; 1963; 1963-8-1; Øystein Ore; Book reviews; Books; C.D. (Carl Douglas) Olds; Frank Land; Guillemin, V.; Helen Wright; James Roy Newman; Martin Gardner; Mathematics; Maths; P.W. (Percy Williams) Bridgman; Reviews; Samuel Berder Rapport; United States
The mathematics of sex, gambling, and insurance
'The mathematics of sex, gambling, and insurance', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1959; 1959-9-1; Gambling systems; Huff, Darrell; Insurance; Mathematical statistics; Maths; Probabilities; Sex ratio; Statistics; United States
Math even parents can understand
'Math even parents can understand', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1958; 1958-4-1; Drucker, Peter Ferdinand; Education; Mathematical ability; Mathematics; Maths; Other; Parent participation; Study and teaching; United States
Baseball
'Baseball', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1957; 1957-5-1; Baseball; Maths; Probabilities; probabilty; Records; Schwed, Fred; Statistics; United States
Math�s a pleasure
'Math�s a pleasure', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1954; 1954-8-1; Math anxiety; Mathematical recreations; Mathematics; Maths; Other; Salvadori, Mario George; Study and teaching; United States; Word problems (Mathematics)
Higher mathematics
'Higher mathematics', Harpers
Tags: 1920s; 1929; 1929-7-1; Bailey, Margaret Emerson; Maths