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Intercultural Science-Art Project – new artworks

During the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2019, a group of young researchers met to start an intercultural science-art project. The participants created artworks inspired by their own research to create more natural ways for …

20. Jan 2021 | By Demian Goos | 1 comment

Pegs, Pick’s and Proof

I was recently introduced to a fun app on the iPad (also available as a web app) called Geoboard. It’s a virtual version of the classic pegboard and rubber bands which you might associate with …

23. Dec 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments

Striking a chord

Here’s a puzzle. Imagine you have a circle, and inside the circle is an equilateral triangle – one which touches the circle at each of its corners, so it’s as big as it can be …

24. Nov 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments

Computers and Proof

In the final session of the Virtual HLF, as part of a discussion on the topic ‘Where can computer science and mathematics interact fruitfully?’, the conversation turned to the question of proof. In the words …

06. Oct 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 2 comments

Mathematical Laureates and Public Engagement

The first session of this year’s HLF, following the opening ceremony, was a series of interviews with laureates, conducted by representatives of the organisations that awarded the prizes. This included an illuminating chat between Carlos …

22. Sep 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments

The Five Bridges Puzzle

There are times when I feel like I’m in a big forest and don’t know where I’m going. But then somehow I come to the top of a hill and can see everything more clearly. …

15. Jun 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments

The mystery of why spaghetti never breaks in 2 pieces

Try it yourself — it’s a neat experiment. Read more

04. Jun 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 5 comments

Addition and Abstraction

In a previous post, I talked about the mathematical idea of generalisation – taking a system or idea and extending it in as many directions as possible to see what other interesting things we can …

09. Aug 2019 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment

HLF 2018: Women in Mathematics Throughout Europe, An Exhibition

HLF 2018 — “Don’t you know? Mathematics isn’t feminine.” It’s the kind of backward, old-fashioned comment one can imagine a little girl getting in the midst of a 1950s elementary school math competition. But Nilanjana …

25. Sep 2018 | By Gina Smith | 1 comment

PI DAY 2018: Think You Know Everything About Pi? Think Again …

Pi Day 2018 is March 14. If you think you know everything about the apparently endless irrational number Archimedes tried and failed to claim as his own, test yourself with this collection of Pi trivia, videos and history right here .. Read more

14. Mar 2018 | By Gina Smith | 2 comments

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