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Intersections: maths and the plasterer

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 07 September 2018
A hand plastering a wall with a trowel
A plasterer explains to Lucy Rycroft-Smith the role of maths in his everyday work
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Non-trivial figures: Yuji Okitani

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 31 August 2018
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In the first of a new series of interviews with people in maths news, Lucy Rycroft-Smith speaks to Yuji Okitani
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Intersections: maths and the zoo manager

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 24 August 2018
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith discovers how a zoo manager uses maths in her role
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Transforming transformations: rotations

by Rachael Horsman, 17 August 2018
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Rachael Horsman shares how her thinking on teaching transformations has been transformed
Teaching maths

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Women - like men, only cheaper

by Darren Macey & Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 10 August 2018
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Darren Macey and Lucy Rycroft-Smith collaborate to highlight the pitfalls when interpreting published data about the gender pay gap
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Seven questions with... Professor Benjamin Rott

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 03 August 2018
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Benjamin Rott of the University of Cologne is the latest mathematician to face Lucy Rycroft-Smith's seven questions
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Cumulative frequency: a dancer's tale

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 27 July 2018
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Can teaching maths be like teaching people to dance? Lucy-Rycroft Smith thinks it can, and possibly should, be.
Teaching maths

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Masking patterns

by Tabitha Gould, 20 July 2018
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Tabitha Gould considers the power of surprising connections in mathematics
Teaching maths

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Talking knots

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 12 July 2018
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Are there lessons to be learned by modern mathematicians from the ancient quipu system? Lucy Rycroft-Smith suggests there could be
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Building mathematical creativity

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 06 July 2018
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Using the Brick Test as a starting point, Lucy Rycroft-Smith examines the possibilities, and importance, of creativity in mathematics
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