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About Peter Rowlett
I am interested in mathematics education & maths promotion.
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Time and again, pure mathematics displays an astonishing quality. A piece of mathematics is developed (or discovered) by a mathematician who...
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I consider popular mathematics writing to be a good thing. I even tried a little myself and would be keen to try more. I am not, however, a...
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We were sent a link to a blog post by Katie Steckles for the Math/Maths Podcast a couple of weeks ago. I'm preparing...
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...what do I like about this story? It too presents incorrect information about mathematics and the real world...
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The title is silly, of course, but is meant to refer to a problem with historical accuracy. I have had this blog post in draft for a long time and I am struggling to finish it...
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Google Books Ngram Viewer is a Google labs product for comparing terms in books between 1500 and 2008. The idea seems to be to track trends...
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The IMA... are redeveloping their website and the redeveloped site will have a section "I Love Maths". The email asks for suggestions of content to link to...
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This morning on Twitter Tony Mann asked the question: "This morning's class is "What is Mathematics?" Answers in a tweet please." Answers...
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Today I spent an enjoyable time at Pi-hunting - the story of a mathematical obsession, run by...
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When I started taking an interest in university mathematics teaching back in 2003/4, I quickly became aware...
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Yesterday on Twitter I asked a question that had been asked of me: "Help: looking for web resources for 14 year old girl struggling with maths, particularly fractions, & maths confidence"...
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I was asked a question from a keen 13 year old school student who has been playing around with Pythagorean triples. I asked Twitter for "inspiring reading"...
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85 by brighterorange Introduction Welcome to a new Carnival of Mathematics! Traditionally the Carnival opens with facts about the ...
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I just published my second post over at Second-Rate Minds , the mathematical writing blog launched by Samuel Hansen and I back in August . T...
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You may have noticed a new look here on Travels in a Mathematical World. For a while this blog was designed to look like a page from my webs...
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...or is it just reflecting mine? Inspired by a suggestion on Twitter to ask Wolfram|Alpha " Are you Skynet? " I had a look around for ot...
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Episode 5. The smallest number of queens needed to attack every square on a standard chess board is five. More facts about the number 5 at n...
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Meet the Mathematicians video
A short video has just been released which was taken during the Meet the Mathematicians day which is worth a watch.


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