Transport
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As we start our walking tour of London, we cast our minds back to a walking tour over another river that gave birth to a new area of mathematics. -
Many tourists (and Londoners) love the Tube as it so easy to navigate. But most don't realise that maths, and some clever design from the 1930s, is showing them the way. -
There are three main types of speed cameras which are used in the UK. They are all different and include lots of different technology. -
The Tyne and Wear Metro line is laid out in a way that is unlike any other subway on the planet. On a single round-trip, you pass through one station four times, heading in a different direction each time. -
Bicycle is great means of transport. A front wheel goes a longer way than a rear one. -
In the underground corridors of Vienna's Karlsplatz U-bahn station, there are mirrored walls with many facts and figures on them. One of them is the definition of pi (in German) and the beginning of its decimal expansion, shown in another snapshot for this location. Around the corner, the digits on the mirror end, followed by '...', which is followed by a display that continues on showing blocks of digits that come later and later in the expansion. This snapshot shows a frame of that. -
In the underground corridors of Vienna's Karlsplatz U-bahn station, there are mirrored walls with many facts and figures on them. One of them is the definition of pi (in German) and the beginning of its decimal expansion. -
The artwork at the subway station of the Royal Institute of Technology includes large statues of the 5 platonic solids.
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Hartlepool Maritime Mathematics Trail created by Hartlepool schools, The Industrial Trust and Dr Maths
