Thatsmaths

The case of the postcard, the boy on Dún Laoghaire pier and some school trigonometry

How Galileo began to cast doubt on the apparent axiomatic certainties of Euclid

Given enough opportunities, something extraordinary is bound to occur

Methods a century old are at the heart of modern atmospheric simulation

For mathematicians sustained effort and deep thought lay groundwork for discovery

That’s Math: Stephen Hawking’s cynical view of equations is a disservice to science

That’s Maths: The collection of letters shows Euler was not only a ‘master’ mathematician but also a master teacher

The stereotype is a dishevelled scatterbrain but in reality we come in all shapes and sizes

Swiss’s theorem was first attempt to apply probability outside realm of games of chance