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RESOURCES FOR NON-SPECIALISTS
The Mathsters - YouTube channel of short maths videos aimed at sixth formers interested in doing maths at university, and other interested adults.
The maths of cream tea - mathematical proof that clotted cream is better than whipped cream! Note: the papers are reporting that this "research" was commissioned by a clotted cream company. However I was not paid by them, nor did I even receive any clotted cream - and I couldn't find any in Sheffield so I clotted my own in the rice cooker! Read the full story here.
The maths of pizza
The maths of doughnuts
The maths of mince pies
Higher-dimensional category theory: the architecture of mathematics (pdf) - an introduction to my field and my research as of November 2001. Written for non-specialists in any discipline (originally as part of a job application), it is very non-technical and includes various flights of fancy and copious analogies.
Mathematics and lego: the untold story (pdf) - approximate text from a seminar I gave at Newnham College in November 2001, aimed at students and researchers of all levels and all disciplines. This is not a formally presented document, and it doesn't include the slides, so some of it is a bit hard to imagine. Also, a radio interview I did on the subject in December 2012, on BBC Radio 4's "More or less".
Mathematical morality - a talk I gave at the Cambridge University Society for the Philosophy of Mathematics, and in a modified version later at the University of Chicago
Is mathematics easy?
Are lectures a waste of time?
Build your own 5-associahedron!
Make your own Eckmann-Hilton clock!
How to write proofs: a quick guide
How I do my multiplication tables (hint: I never memorised them)
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