Seeing Sequences
The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where each number in the series is equivalent to the sum of… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
The Life of Pi
Pi, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, has many origin stories from across the globe dating back… Read More
Eastern Numbers
The ten symbols (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) that we use in our modern number system came from the Hindu-Arabic number system. The translation… Read More
The Most Beautiful Equation
Euler’s identity (depicted below) is considered by many mathematicians to be the most beautiful equation. The same emotional brain centres… Read More
Nothing to see here
Despite “0” being widely used in India since the 7th Century, Western Europe only learned about zero, (and the ‘Indo-Arabic’… Read More
The Long Strike
The longest wage strike in South Africa’s history began 23rd January 2014 and lasted five months. Some 70,000 platinum mine… Read More