UNDER what circumstances does a suspect’s confession increase the chance that they are innocent? What is the smallest fence you can build around a square patch of land to stop someone seeing across it ...
Geometrical and educational explorations inspired by African cultural activities -- On geometrical ideas in Africa south of the Sahara -- From African designs to discovering the Pythagorean theorem -- ...
Strange Curves, Counting Rabbits, and Other Mathematical Explorations by Keith Ball, Princeton University Press, £19.95/$29.95, ISBN 0691113211 Reviewed by Ben Longstaff IT IS a dismal idea ...