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Editorial
Plus 100 —the best maths of the last centuryMore maths gradsJune 2007This issue's Pluschat topicsPlus 100— the best maths of the last centuryMore maths gradsPlus 100 — The best maths of the last century
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Outer space: Pylon of the month
John D. Barrow Geometry is power June 2007Back to the Constructing our lives package
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Teacher package: Differential equations
One thing that will never change is the fact that the world is constantly changing, and differential equations are the way we mathematically describe the changing world around us. In our first Teacher...
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'Mathematics and common sense'
June 2007Mathematics and common sense: A case of creative tensionBy Philip J. DavisThe basis of this wonderful book came in a series of questions about modern maths sent to Philip Davis by a friend of...
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'Why beauty is truth'
June 2007Why beauty is truth: The history of symmetryby Ian StewartI suspect maths in primary school would be greeted with far more enthusiasm if students had Ian Stewart as a teacher.read more
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'A beautiful math'
June 2007A beautiful math: John Nash, game theory, and the modern quest for a code of natureBy Tom SiegfriedSylvia Nasar told the story of John Nash's troubled life in her book A Beautiful Mind,...
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Puzzle page
Have a go at this Plus-themed Sudoku variation. June 2007Mystery Sum SudokuHere is the third installment of our series of Sudoku variations. Solution link: Mystery sum sudoku solutionread more
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Career interview: Performance engineer - Rolls Royce
author: Rachel Thomas June 2007Back to the Constructing our lives packageMathematics is an integral part of Adrian Bird's job as a performance engineer at Rolls-Royce. "It involves analysing the...
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Non-Euclidean geometry and Indra's pearls
Caroline Series and David Wright If you've ever redecorated a bathroom, you'll know that there are only so many ways in which you can tile a flat plane. But once you move into the curved world of...
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Quantum geometry
Marianne Freiberger One of the many strange ideas from quantum mechanics is that space isn't continuous but consists of tiny chunks. Ordinary geometry is useless when it comes to dealing with such a...
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What is the Area of a Circle?
Tom Körner You might know the famous formula for an area of a circle, but why does this formula work? Tom Körner's explanation really is a piece of cake, served up with a hefty estimate of pi. Suppose...
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Maths goes public
Robert Hunt Plus celebrates its tenth birthday this year. Former editor and present executive editor of Plus, Robert Hunt, explores how maths popularisation in general, and Plus in particular, have...
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Plus Magazine
June 2007Non-Euclidean geometry and Indra's pearlsTaxonomy upgrade extras: 43tags: editorial
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