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Mathematical moonshine and chicken nuggets

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 28 March 2017
3 chicken nuggets and a pot of BBQ sauce
Lucy Rycroft-Smith considers some beautiful and surprising maths terms from around the world...
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No Man's Sky: genesis, memesis and skepsis

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 17 February 2017
Composite shot showing 4 different locations in the game No Mans Sky
Can art be created by computers? Lucy Rycroft-Smith explores the creative potential of algorithms.
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Roll model: how can we predict the new President?

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 08 November 2016
Lucy Rycroft-Smith pauses for a breath of fresh mathematical air before the US election results
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Pots, seeding and game theory in football

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 30 September 2016
Four women with their arms around each other with one holding a football
Lucy Rycroft-Smith kicks around some ideas about mathematical models in football.
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Down on their luck

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 19 August 2016
Lucy Rycroft-Smith goes beyond the cube in a quest to demonstrate some of the more unusual sides to dice.
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Birds of a feather tweet together

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 05 July 2016
Lucy Rycroft-Smith discusses Twitter. Twitter is all about connections, and so is maths.  But for both you have to be open to them...
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