I’d rather be late to the party, than not arrive at all
Happy Sunday my friends. Over the last week the science community has been buzzing. In many many ways this is great… I love it when the front page of newspapers are […]
Tag Archives: Mathematics
The beauty of being the same
As is the case with many of the important things in the universe, they pass by without due consideration. Today we muse over a funny old thing – symmetry. The […]
How many primes?
One of the first proofs I ever learnt was that there are an infinitely large number of prime numbers. It seems obvious that there should be such because when you […]
A hidden world
Today we talk of one of the most exciting things that is currently going on at CERN – which let’s face it is one of the most exciting places in […]
Why does the sky bleed?
The above photograph shows the view from my bedroom on a winters morning. It is one of the traits of any scientist when they see something like this to stop […]
Physics has so much potential
I have known what potential energy is for a very long time, but it is only of late I think I have truly began to appreciate its subtly in describing […]
Gravity: Next level pulling power
Imagine doing something every single day of your life, something powerful and fundamental to the lives of everyone around you. Something so valuable the world simply could not exist without […]
Ode to ODEs
I always felt a little cheated when I took my Economics and Mathematics degree – because the differential equation work was fairly light touch. Well actually very light touch – […]
A complex beginning
Complex numbers are wonderful, and frankly not popular enough. My understanding is that in America they form an integral part of the high-school mathematics education (correct me if I am […]
Rationalising The Universe 