Double Maths First Thing: Issue 66

Double Maths First Thing gets its kicks on a.19792ish Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and love in doing maths, figuring stuff out, getting stuck and getting unstuck again. You’ll need to forgive a slightly brief end-of-summer DMFT; it’s the sort of week where there aren’t enough days to do everything that needs doing. Links I think it’s fair to say that Danny Leon won the eclipse. “When are we ever going to use that, miss?” “Shut up and read about the topology and geometry of balloon polyhedra.” I once had a terrible journey: EVERY level crossing gate I came to was down. Worse than that, my train was late. Here’s a project to predict when your local level crossing is likely to be closed. A recent DMFT mentioned the reliance of the Apollo missions on seamstresses. Weavers – the “Little Old Ladies” also played a key role. It’s always good to see Gerard Westendorp getting nerdsniped. Here’s the top of a thread about mutant buckyballs, and…