Plus Magazine
Encyclopedia
Plus is an online popular-mathematics
magazine run under the Millennium Mathematics Project
at the University of Cambridge
.
Plus contains:
. 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
and Marcus du Sautoy
. In 2006 Plus initiated an annual New Writers Award "to find the people who can bring mathematics to life".
Plus won the 2001 Webby
for Best Science Site on the Web, and has been described as "an excellent site put together by those with a real love for the subject".
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
magazine run under the Millennium Mathematics Project
Millennium Mathematics Project
The Millennium Mathematics Project was set up within the University of Cambridge in 1999 as a joint project between the Faculties of Mathematics and Education...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
.
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 PodcastPodcastA podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
- Maths on the Move
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 UniversityKeele University
Keele University is a campus university near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study, Keele is most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in Britain...
. Plus is now part of the Millennium Mathematics Project
Millennium Mathematics Project
The Millennium Mathematics Project was set up within the University of Cambridge in 1999 as a joint project between the Faculties of Mathematics and Education...
, a long term national initiative based in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
and active across the UK and internationally.
Authors of articles in Plus include Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity...
and Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy OBE is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, and Wadham College, he is now a Fellow of New College...
. In 2006 Plus initiated an annual New Writers Award "to find the people who can bring mathematics to life".
Plus won the 2001 Webby
Webby Awards
A Webby Award is an international award presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for excellence on the Internet with categories in websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile....
for Best Science Site on the Web, and has been described as "an excellent site put together by those with a real love for the subject".