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Back from Poland
Really I should be marking essays and exams but I sat through a day of student project presentations so I guess I deserve a rest. I had a good time at the conference in Poland. There were a few delays...
View ArticleThe scandal of academic journal profits
[I thought I had posted this last Monday! Obviously I forgot to hit the right button.] The scandal of research journal profits seems to be gaining visibility in the world outside academia with articles...
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New book – Variational Problems in Differential Geometry
Variational Problems in Differential Geometry cover Along with my colleagues Roger Bielawski and Martin Speight, I have edited the proceedings of the Workshop on Variational Problems in Differential...
View ArticleGilbreath Conjecture
Within the card magic community the Gilbreath Principle is a well-known but much misunderstood mathematical principle. Few magicians know much about its creator, Norman Gilbreath, and in particular...
View ArticleBoycott of Elsevier
I’ve mentioned elsewhere that the current system of publishing research is flawed. The government, i.e. taxpayers, pays us to do research, we send the resulting papers to journal publishers, we referee...
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Willmore Day at Durham
Willmore surface sculpture Last week’s Yorkshire Durham Geometry Day, held at Durham, celebrated the work and life of Tom Willmore. Willmore was a differential geometer who spent most of his academic...
View ArticleDiscount for Variational Problems in Differential Geometry Book
One for researchers. Last year I, with my colleagues Roger Bielawski and Martin Speight, edited a book, Variational Problems in Differential Geometry. There is currently a US promotional offer for this...
View ArticleNew Maths Journals
I’m on holiday at the moment so don’t have much time to write. If you are interested in the recent fuss about academics fighting for reasonably-priced journals, then pop over to Tim Gower’s blog to see...
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Criminal Network
Facebook I’ve been really busy the last few weeks – the usual effect of the academic year starting! I’m running a new course called Maths at Work which is about how maths gets used in the “real world”....
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Mathematics of the mosh pit
Maths of mosh Rock music fans are aware of the phenomenon of the mosh pit at concerts — a riotous area, usually close to the stage, where concert-goers, in lieu of learning complicated dance steps,...
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