Family's anger as council orders removal of sudoku headstone of mathematician Allan Robinson | Mail Online

Family's anger as council orders removal of sudoku headstone of mathematician Allan Robinson | Mail Online: "When retired mathematician Allan Robinson passed away after a battle with cancer, his grieving family chose an epitaph that he would have heartily approved of – a sudoku puzzle and equation.

It did not take long, however, before zealous officials on the parish council had formed their own rather bizarre opinion of the gravestone.

They ordered Mr Robinson’s widow Angela to remove the highly personal engravings because they are ‘contrary to guidelines for headstone inscriptions’."

Formula for the perfect PIZZA revealed: Mathematician creates equation to ensure you don't burn - or undercook - a margherita | Mail Online

Formula for the perfect PIZZA revealed: Mathematician creates equation to ensure you don't burn - or undercook - a margherita | Mail Online: "Soggy bottoms and burnt crusts could be a thing of the past for troubled cooks who are making pizzas from scratch at home.

A mathematician claims to have come up with the first-ever formula for the 'perfectly proportioned' pizza, taking into account factors like the ratio of topping to base.

Dr Eugenia Cheng said pizza lovers get more topping per bite in a smaller pizza, but a more even spread of bites in a larger pizza."

Voevodsky’s Mathematical Revolution | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network

Voevodsky’s Mathematical Revolution | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network: "Voevodsky told mathematicians that their lives are about to change. Soon enough, they’re going to find themselves doing mathematics at the computer, with the aid of computer proof assistants. Soon, they won’t consider a theorem proven until a computer has verified it. Soon, they’ll be able to collaborate freely, even with mathematicians whose skills they don’t have confidence in. And soon, they’ll understand the foundations of mathematics very differently."

The Simpsons' secret formula: it's written by maths geeks | Television & radio | The Observer

The Simpsons' secret formula: it's written by maths geeks | Television & radio | The Observer: "Without doubt, the most mathematically sophisticated television show in the history of primetime broadcasting is The Simpsons. This is not a figment of my deranged mind, which admittedly is obsessed with both The Simpsons and mathematics, but rather it is a concrete claim backed up in a series of remarkable episodes."

Physicists Discover Geometry Underlying Particle Physics

Physicists Discover Geometry Underlying Particle Physics | Simons Foundation: "Physicists have discovered a jewel-like geometric object that dramatically simplifies calculations of particle interactions and challenges the notion that space and time are fundamental components of reality.

‘This is completely new and very much simpler than anything that has been done before,’ said Andrew Hodges, a mathematical physicist at Oxford University who has been following the work."

How to Fall in Love With Math - NYTimes.com

How to Fall in Love With Math - NYTimes.com: "EACH time I hear someone say, ‘Do the math,’ I grit my teeth. Invariably a reference to something mundane like addition or multiplication, the phrase reinforces how little awareness there is about the breadth and scope of the subject, how so many people identify mathematics with just one element: arithmetic. Imagine, if you will, using, ‘Do the lit’ as an exhortation to spell correctly."

Mathematica—Celebrating 25 Years of Contributions, Invention, Discovery, and Education

Mathematica—Celebrating 25 Years of Contributions, Invention, Discovery, and Education: "The Mathematica Story: A Scrapbook"