The understanding of the possible geometries in dimension 3 is one of the triumphs of 20th century mathematics. In this talk Martin Bridson explains why such an understanding is impossible in [...]
M.C. Escher is known as the mathematician’s (and hippie’s) favourite artist. But why? And was Escher, a man who claimed he knew no mathematics, really a mathematical genius? In this [...]
Gabor Domokos gives a talk on his mathematical journey that led to the creation of the Gomboc, the shape which has just one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium. In 1995, Russian [...]
