Blogs and Things

Easy access to some of my blogs and articles on popular science.

How Maths Makes the World Go Round
Whether you’re searching for oil, the lost chord or
a better kind of carrot, mathematics is the key.
Daily Telegraph

Welcome to the World of Sci-Fi Science
Teleportation, time travel, antimatter and wireless electricity.
It sounds more fiction than fact, but it's all true.
BBC Magazine

Moving Picture
Article in the series 'my eureka moment'. How a road trip, a book review,
and a visit to the rodeo led to new ideas about animal movement.
Times Higher Education

Letters to a Young Mathematician
Thoughts and advice about what it is like when becoming a mathematician.
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Why Beauty is Truth
A selected history of the mathematics of symmetry, from ancient Babylon to modern California.
Short-listed for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books.
Encyclopaedia Britannica


Number Symbolism
A series examining numerology throughout the ages—what some civilisations believed about the significance of numbers.
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Part I: Lincoln and Kennedy

Part II: Numbers 1-5

Part III: Numbers 6-10

Part IV: Numbers 11-15

Part V: Numbers 16-20, Plus 100