If you properly shuffle a standard deck of 52 playing cards then the chances are that the arrangement of cards you are now holding has never existed before in the history of the human race and likely wont again.
Tag Archives: Mathematics
Published again! Its been a while…
I’d almost forgotten I’d written this but I’m pretty pleased to see my work in print again. It’s been a while… My review of Dragan Radulović’s inquisitive work, Why Does Math Work … If It’s Not Real? has been published in this month’s Mathematics Today. I really enjoyed this whistle-stop tour of many key mathematicalContinueContinue reading “Published again! Its been a while…”
Getting our Ducks in a Row
“Where’s the Ducks?”
This was the question with which I hit Jenny, our patient OU tutor, upon my return from lunch on the afternoon of the third day of the M500 Society’s annual Maths revision weekend.
Once Upon a Prime – Book Review
My thoughts on Sarah Hart’s excellent book, Once Upon a Prime.
A version of this review was first published in the June 2024 edition of Mathematics Today, the magazine of the Institute of mathematics & its applications.
Pulling G!
What is G-Force and why does stall speed increase in the turn?
Dan Roach Flying Author 