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 | 3 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
