This instalment is a Case Study concerning an unresolved elementary geometric problem which has recently come to light. It is another example of neglect of reasoning in maths. The problem was printed on the cover of the July 2020 issue of the Mathematical Gazette. It showed a triangle /\ ABC […]

In this instalment we continue the line of thinking of No. 9 in relation to the current phase of epidemiological mathematical modelling.  One small positive by-product of the current tragic pandemic has been that it has shown mathematical modelling in a surprisingly  favourable light. Before the pandemic there was a […]

In this instalment we look at the fundamental question <<Where did mathematics start to diverge from its proper destiny?>>. Part of the answer is the Artform Turn which occurred around 1900, because it has led to a tendency to valorise strange, counter-intuitive concepts in mathematical research. In this way it […]

This is the last instalment this year of the blog which looks at the role mathematics could play in helping to renew reason —something we urgently need if education and civilisation itself are not to become extinct. The soundbite this year has been that we need to achieve 20-20 vision […]