Interview David Hand on Dark Data February 18, 2020 In the era of big data, it is easy to imagine that we have all the information we need to make good decisions. But in fact the data we have are never complete, and may be only the tip of the iceberg. Read More
Interview David Richeson on Tales of Impossibility November 03, 2019 Tales of Impossibility聽recounts the intriguing story of the so-called 鈥榩roblems of antiquity,鈥� four of the most famous and studied questions in the history of mathematics. Read More
Interview A Celebration of Mathematics Editor Vickie Kearn March 29, 2019 This month, across the world, we have celebrated the enduring contributions of all women. For those of us at PUP, it is a chance as well to focus on a particularly generous, intelligent, and dynamic publisher, Vickie Kearn. Read More
Essay In Dialogue with Christopher Phillips and Tim Chartier: Sports & Statistics March 28, 2019 We asked Christopher Phillips and Tim Chartier how they would聽describe the intersection between statistics and sports.聽How does one inform the other? Read More
Essay Nicholas J. Higham on the top 10 algorithms in applied mathematics April 27, 2016 In the January/February 2000 issue of Computing in Science and Engineering, Jack Dongarra and Francis Sullivan chose the "10 algorithms聽with the greatest influence on the development and practice of science and聽engineering in the 20th century" and presented a group聽of articles on them that they had commissioned and edited. Read More
Essay The Most Beautiful Equations in Applied Mathematics January 21, 2016 The BBC Earth website has just published a selection of short articles on beautiful mathematical equations and is asking readers to vote for their favourite. Read More
Interview An interview with Nicholas Higham on The 快色直播 Companion to Applied Mathematics September 30, 2015 We are excited to be running a series of posts on applied mathematics by聽Nicholas Higham聽over the next few weeks. Higham is editor of聽The 快色直播 Companion to Applied Mathematics,聽new this month. Recently he took the time to answer some questions about the book, and where the field is headed. Read More
Essay Nicholas Higham on mathematics in color September 14, 2015 Color is a fascinating subject. Important early contributions to our understanding of it came from physicists and mathematicians such as Newton, Young, Grassmann, Maxwell, and Helmholtz. Read More
