All mathematics articles
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OpinionLetters: June 2024
Readers find answers in industry, celebrate Eiji Osawa and continue the Z-DNA debate
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OpinionKarin Markides: ‘I didn’t follow the rules’
The analytical chemist who runs a preeminent Japanese research institute discusses her childhood in Sweden and how she came to chemistry
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BusinessHoxton Farms grows animal fat for meat substitutes
Covid-19 pandemic motivated friends to combine their expertise in cell biology and mathematical modelling, and realise company they had being discussing for years
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ArticleChemistry pedagogy for a modern world
The Royal Society of Chemistry has taken a new approach to teaching higher education students the fundamentals of maths and stereochemistry, putting students themselves at the heart of the process
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ReviewHot Molecules, Cold Electrons
A journey through history and science that lets readers to work out their maths muscles
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ResearchHopes raised of a ‘super-table’ to end periodic table disputes
Mathematical analysis could help answer where hydrogen or lanthanum should sit on the table
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ReviewHumble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
Matt Parker’s book shows just how serious the consequences of mathematical mistakes can be
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PodcastHumble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker – Book club
Matt Parker uses comedy to explore the unique relationship between humans and maths and how numbers are behind errors large and small
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ReviewHello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
Mathematician Hannah Fry explores the power and limitations of the algorithms that surround us
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ResearchThe luck of the materials scientist
Studying the structure of disordered materials is complicated, but Simon Billinge explains how it opens the door to designer materials with desired properties
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ReviewConjuring the universe: the origins of the laws of nature
Peter Atkins’ latest book is an ’elegant love letter’ to the simplicity and beauty of the mathematics that govern our universe
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ReviewScale: the universal laws of life and death in organisms, cities and companies
Geoffrey West’s book outlines his research on the maths behind complex systems of all kinds
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ReviewThe indisputable existence of Santa Claus
Jamie Durrani looks at how you can use maths at Christmas time
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OpinionShould chemistry degrees require A-level maths?
Requiring a maths qualification could deprive the profession of fresh talent
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OpinionMissing mathematics?
While you may not need differential calculus every day, mathematics is the basis of scientific thinking, says Derek Lowe
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