Double Maths First Thing: Issue 6F

Double Maths First Thing is all a bit chaotic Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to find and share the joy in maths, puzzles and working things out. I’m likely to have some availability for new students in the next few months, so if you know of anyone who needs A-level help, feel free to send them my way! Links Hope Duncan at the University of Leeds has a new podcast, Unapologetic Mathematicians, available via Spotify, Apple and RSS; I imagine wherever you get your podcasts will have it. The first episode features Richard Elwes, who apparently never sleeps. Also in podcasts, here’s Tom Briggs talking about maths in museums. As if he ever stops. Have you ever wanted a fractal jumper? No, I’d never considered it either, but now I do. They’re not outrageously-priced, but they are in dollars. There’s a paper about it here and I’m going to bug Alison Kiddle about the possibilities at Big MathsJam. WHICH IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY AAAAAH! Moule pointed me at this…