The Connected Brain: Network and Communication The brain is mostly organised into small modular regions connected...
19th-Century Eclipse Expeditions During the late 19th century, British and American organisations such...
The Convoluted Brain: Wrinkles and Folds The human brain has a very distinct and complex appearance...
Mathematical Journeys into Fictional Worlds Literary satire has long used mathematical concepts to reinforce its points.
Shaping Mathematical Practices of the Science of the Stars Extant manuscripts, early library catalogues, lists of loans and wills...
Victorian Era Astronomy: On Land and in the Skies In the late 19th-century, astronomical research could be practical, using...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
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.