The Mathematical Life of Sir Christopher Wren Christopher Wren, who died 300 years ago this year, is...
Mathematical Journeys into Fictional Worlds Literary satire has long used mathematical concepts to reinforce its points.
Public Key Cryptography: Secrecy in Public For centuries massive intellectual effort has gone into methods of...
The Journey from Black-Hole Singularities to a Cyclic Cosmology Sir Roger Penrose gives the annual Sir Thomas Gresham lecture on The Journey from Black-Hole Singularities to a Cyclic Cosmology.
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
Mathematical Structure in Fiction Mathematical concepts have often been used to create new structural forms in fiction, as in the works of Raymond Queneau and Jorge Luis Borges.
Doing Business in Interstellar Space Imagine that interstellar trade is possible at speeds close to...