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To sleep, perchance to graph

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 18 December 2017
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith analyses her own sleep patterns to explore representing data as graphs
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Marking our words

by Darren Macey, 01 December 2017
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Darren Macey suggests a quick and easy way to help students develop statistical literacy
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Mathematical back stories

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 17 November 2017
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith looks at the origins of some unusual mathematical words
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Carnival of Mathematics 147

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 07 July 2017
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Cambridge Mathematics is delighted to host this month's Carnival of Mathematics  - number 147!
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Mathematical moonshine and chicken nuggets

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 28 March 2017
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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
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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
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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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