Journeyman Philosopher

The most obvious and topical examples of this truism are the behaviours of members of IS towards ‘outsiders’. But this post is not about IS;...

Google has honoured Emmy Noether's birthday . Few people know who she is but, amongst other contributions to mathematics, she proved a t...

I saw this Oscar-winning movie last weekend, and, tellingly, despite very recently winning the Oscar for Best Documentary, it’s only being ...

I only found about this yesterday, via COSMOS online . Actually, it's Pi Day tomorrow in the US where it originated because, using Ameri...

Ian Stewart is a highly respected mathematician and populariser of mathematics. He has the rare ability to write entire books on the esoteri...

I first watched Star Trek when I was 16 or 17 on black and white TV. It was innovative and evoked many of the ideals of the 1960s that peop...