In this remarkable post, a Mathematician interprets data in a way that stuns others. It’s a long, but fascinating insight into the way Statistics can be applied during conflict to save lives.
On 5 and 6 June this year, a series of major commemorations in the UK and France will honour the brave personnel who risked their lives for freedom and peace during World War II. This recalls the famous D-Day landings in France 80 years ago. Behind the scenes of terrible landing were a group of […]
In 1952 when the British mathematician, Alan Turing, published his ground-breaking theoretical paper on pattern formation, he had most likely never heard of the fairy circles before. But with his theory he laid the foundation for generations of physicists to explain highly symmetrical patterns like sand ripples in dunes, cloud stripes in the sky or […]
A follow up video that gives some idea of the practical outcome of Hazel Hill’s work can be found here.
“Here is a story (from The Guardian, 2006) about mathematical deduction … that had an impact … on the outcome of the second world war. It is the story of how a simple statistical formula successfully estimated the number of tanks the enemy was producing, at a time when this could not be directly observed […]
