Dicing With Maths For thousands of years, humans have used dice in games of chance – from ancient Egyptian two-sided throwing sticks, to rudimentary dice made from animals’ knucklebones, through to the carefully weighted precision dice used in … 08. Mar 2023 | By Katie Steckles | 4 comments
The Imitation Game: Turing and Beyond Thanks to the eponymous film, “the imitation game” is a phrase known by many people. I must confess though, before the talk by Avi Widgerson (Nevanlinna and Abel Prize recipient), on day two of the … 21. Oct 2022 | By Sophie Maclean | 4 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
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
Cake and Coincidence Last week I was performing at the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, where I co-presented a new family show about probability and games. One of the games we played was, “How many people do … 21. Jun 2018 | By Katie Steckles | 4 comments
Saxophone quartets and probability Saxophone quartets consist of four saxophones, usually a baritone, tenor, alto, and soprano, or maybe a second alto instead of a soprano. Because all saxophones are essentially the same instrument, just at different sizes, the … 23. Sep 2013 | By John D. Cook | 2 comments
