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Media Overkill

A study that expands our knowledge of evolution is being pitched as an overthrow of Darwin even by media outlets such as the BBC.

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1 Sep 2010 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
Masters of the Universe

The mythical mathematician is a troubled but brilliant mind focused on truths that lie beyond the horizon. This may not be the entire truth, but then what is?

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26 Aug 2010 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
Million Dollar Men

Earlier this year, an eccentric Russian mathematician turned down $1 million for solving a Millennium Prize Problem. Now, an Indian has laid claim to another.

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20 Aug 2010 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
The Fraud of Vedic Maths

Those who seriously still think ancient India had devised a parallel mathematical system need to acquaint themselves with Bharti Krishna Tirthaji.

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12 Aug 2010 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
A Kick in the Right Direction

For those blowing the vuvuzela for Paul the Oracle, this book on popular maths should make you feel stupid.

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14 Jul 2010 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
Teen Patti

The mathematical mumbo jumbo, never mind the big stars, means this is one big bluff.

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5 Mar 2010 | BY Ajit Duara
Seeing through Maths

Equations claiming to predict human behaviour are blamed for Wall Street’s fall. Increasingly, there is something naïve about maths

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26 Jun 2009 | BY Manu Joseph
Mathematics and the Mob

A new movie on an extraordinary figure from antiquity focuses on a female mathematician

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25 Jun 2009 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
Bertrand Russell Superstar

The 1950 Nobel Laureate for Literature finds his true home in a Greek comic book that details the quest for the foundation of maths

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13 Jun 2009 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
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