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This page is an attempt to bring together true stories where real mathematics made a real difference
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Description |
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| What use is Maths? | Mr Barton's Maths |
| Beating cholera in 1853, London | +plus magazine |
| Roberto Carlos's wonder goal | BBC |
| Code breaking | National Cipher Challenge |
| Computer graphics - Gollum | +plus magazine |
| Fibonacci | Ron Knott University of Surrey |
| The use of diagrams | BBC |
| What bananas tell us about radiation | BBC |
| The risk of mobile phone use | BBC |
| The youth unemployment mystery | BBC |
| Lucky rituals | BBC |
| 72 | BBC |
| Cancer clusters | BBC |
What do you make of this?
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The idea for this comes from the National Cipher Challenge - well worth a look!