Maths

https://www.cnet.com/news/3700-year-old-babylonian-clay-tablet-upends-history-of-mathematics/

3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet upends history of mathematics Long before Pythagoras and his triangles, an ancient Babylonian was etching geometry in clay.

Good luck to all the A level students getting results today, remember:

Universities WILL lower their required grades in clearing.

You CAN contact the admissions tutors directly (our emails and office phonelines are usually all over the admissions pages).

Your grades DON’T define you or your ability (I failed Maths & Physics A-levels, now I lecture those subjects).

Those pretty triplets with 4 A*s each who are going to Cambridge don’t really exist – we hire actors for it each year to fill up a dull BBC news live-feed.

Next week the new International Maths Olympiad starts, prep by looking through some past problems:

IMO — A celebration of difficulty Six brilliant students. Six insanely hard problems. The 2021 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is more than just a competition…

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-top-unsolved-questions-in-mathematics-remain-mostly-mysterious/

The Top Unsolved Questions in Mathematics Remain Mostly Mysterious Just one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems named 21 years ago has been solved