The lack of support given to recreational maths is a real puzzle
That’s Maths: Many people derive great joy from recreational maths – and it is a very effective way to get children interested in the subject
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin: No wonder girls are anxious about maths
Mathematical anxiety is more common in girls, and societal messages are a big part of the problem
The greatest scientific minds of the Rising
Of the major figures in the rebellion, Éamon de Valera would have the greatest impact on Irish research
The Norwegian genius who gave the Abel Prize its name
That’s Maths: As there is no Nobel Prize for mathematics, the Abel Prize was created to fill the gap. But who was Abel?
A forensic formula for solving crimes
That’s Maths: Forensic scientists need competence in mathematics to help solve crimes
Maths Week: Pianist on a numerical mission
Dr Eugenia Cheng using music and the baking of cupcakes to make sense of illogical world
More than 250,000 people to take part in Maths Week
Events around the Ireland for 10th anniversary of world’s largest maths festival
James Joseph Sylvester’s busy life of maths and music
That’s Maths: Sylvester, born on this day 201 years ago, had a prodigious maths talent that became evident early
Ding dong merrily on high: the maths of Christ Church belfry
An archaic 400-year old technology led to a craze that brought a branch of mathematics into being. But how does all that relate to bell-ringing?
Hamilton lecture to focus on power of maths
Lecture by mathematician Cédric Villani to discuss behaviour of mechanical systems
Pythagoras would have approved of Dublin’s huge harp
That’s Maths: A performance at Dublin Fringe Festival will turn the Samuel Beckett Bridge into the biggest musical instrument in Ireland
Biomathematics: the great frontier of the 21st century?
Some argue that by 2100 biology and mathematics will have changed each other dramatically
The land of saints, scholars and engineers
There is a substantial history of scientific and mathematical work written in medieval Ireland, and manuscripts bear witness to our engineering past
Moment of truth looms as students wait for points levels
It has been a stressful year for Leaving Certs. Now the next page of their education is about to begin
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