52 reactions · 14 shares | J. S. Bach as mathematician. The elegant symmetry of the third Goldberg Variation. Oxford Mathematics' James Sparks mathematically articulates. @cityoflondonsinfonia musically articulate. Or rather they both do both in this excerpt from this week's Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture. | Oxford Mathematics | Facebook

Maybe every maths classroom should have a box of mathematical toys and at the start of each lesson a toy is picked out and played with and discussed for five minutes before everyone returns to fractions and trigonometry. Might also work for company meeting rooms. Meanwhile, Sam Howison. | Oxford Mathematics

The first of six 'Probability' first year Oxford Mathematics student lectures is now available. In it Matthias Winkel shows how maths gets to grips with randomness. And in this clip from the lecture, he uses famous mathematical prodigy Évariste Galois as an example, as mathematicians often do. Though not in a way you might expect. Watch the full lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53nZY5udKHQ | Oxford Mathematics