24 ideas about #math have been added on IdeaMill.
Juggling, music and art have had their day. It’s time for scientists,... Read more
A Johnny Ball award for educators
He inspired countless kids when I was young, and is still working... Read more
A true pattern is always true. So if someone wants to prove you wrong, they can’t
Dr James Grime the mathematician and public speaker contributed this insight in... Read more
God is a mathematician, not a social scientist
The fine structure constant, .0072973525664, a quantity so fundamental to nature and... Read more
Jesus fed fishfinger sandwiches to 4 kilopeople
The idea that, according to Matthew 15 (Matthew 15:32-39) and Mark 8... Read more
Entropy ain’t what it used to be ;)
“I remember when all of this was (quantum) fields – time-reversal symmetry... Read more
Arithmetic Pareidolia – Mathematicians identify more patterns than are really there
Do this: 12345679 x 8 = The answer is 98765432 But why?... Read more

You can squeeze infinitesimals into hyperreals
“You can’t keep a good idea down!” (as Dr James Grime says... Read more

The shortest pendulum would oscillate at the speed of light
Not sure if this idea is correct or not but I have... Read more
Hexagons are the Bestagons
Just watched this by the great CPG Grey. Fab idea – https://youtu.be/thOifuHs6eY?t=95 Read more

In music, middle ‘A’ should be 432 Hz – not the god-awful 440 Hz
432 Hz (also known as Verdi’s A) has “a pure tone of... Read more
Collective Consciousness – together, we know the answers
Love this idea, watch this: https://youtu.be/lPnik1VamSM Read more
There is no highest pitch in music
This idea may indicate that music is infinite not only in the... Read more

‘One world’ Interpretation of quantum mechanics
“Schrodinger’s cat is in a superposition of 2 states and then when... Read more
Chaos theory is a mess
The idea that small differences in initial conditions can have overwhelming effects... Read more