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Martin Gardner spent decades writing the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American, and this book collects some of the finest material from that extraordinary run. If you are...
Book reviews
Korner’s The Pleasures of Counting is one of those books that reminds you why mathematics matters beyond the syllabus. It is wide-ranging, intellectually serious and written with a...
Edtech
Like everyone else on the internet, I briefly became convinced that the future was “local AI”. Why keep paying OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or anyone else? Buy some hardware,...
Book reviews
Chaos and fractals are topics that fascinate almost every mathematically curious student the moment they encounter them, yet finding a book that introduces the ideas properly without either...
International Education
Several years ago, a colleague walked into our department office looking visibly distressed. She filled her water bottle and drank almost a litre in one go. She was...
Book reviews
Stephenson’s Mathematical Methods for Science Students has been around for decades, and there is a good reason it keeps getting recommended. It is one of those quietly reliable...
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What a fantastic three days of learning, collaboration and shared purpose! It was a pleasure to lead the IBICUS IBDP Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches Category 1 workshop, bringing...
International Education
I’ve started thinking you can tell quite a lot about a school before the students even arrive. Just look at the INSET timetable. Seriously. That first week tells...
International Education
Phone bans and locking systems may reduce visible phone use, but lasting change requires student agency, parental cooperation and a broader conversation about digital attention. Schools everywhere are...
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