Plus Magazine
Plus is an online popular-mathematics magazine run under the Millennium Mathematics Project at the University of Cambridge.
Plus contains:
- feature articles, which describe applications of mathematics to real-world problems;
- reviews of popular maths books and events;
- a news section;
- mathematical puzzles and games;
- opinions on various maths-related topics and news stories;
- interview with someone in a maths related career;
- Plus Podcast - Maths on the Move
[edit] History
Plus was initially named PASS Maths (Public Awareness and Schools Support for Maths) in 1997, when it was a project of the Interactive Courseware Research and Development Group, based jointly at the University of Cambridge and Keele University. Plus is now part of the Millennium Mathematics Project, a long term national initiative based in Cambridge and active across the UK and internationally.
Authors of articles in Plus include Stephen Hawking[1] and Marcus du Sautoy.[2] In 2006 Plus initiated an annual New Writers Award "to find the people who can bring mathematics to life".[3]
Plus won the 2001 Webby for Best Science Site on the Web[4], and has been described as "an excellent site put together by those with a real love for the subject".[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Stephen Hawking's 60 years in a nutshell by Stephen Hawking; Plus Magazine Issue 18, January 2002
- ^ The music of the primes by Marcus du Sautoy; Plus Magazine Issue 28, January 2004
- ^ PLUS New Writers Award Bring Maths to Life, London Mathematical Society Newsletter 349, June 2006
- ^ 5th Annual Webby Awards
- ^ Higher education news, The Guardian
