Plus Magazine

Plus Magazine is an online popular mathematics magazine run under the Millennium Mathematics Project at the University of Cambridge.[1][2][3][4]

Plus contains:

  • feature articles on all aspects of mathematics;
  • reviews of popular maths books and events;
  • a news section;
  • mathematical puzzles and games;
  • interviews with people in maths related careers;
  • Plus Podcast – 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 University. 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[5] and Marcus du Sautoy.[6]

Plus won the 2001 Webby for Best Science Site on the Web,[7] and has been described as "an excellent site put together by those with a real love for the subject".[8] In 2006 the Millennium Mathematics Project, of which Plus is a part, won the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education.[9]

References

  1. ^ Lawrence, Snezana (July 2006), "Maths is good for you: web-based history of mathematics resources for young mathematicians (and their teachers)", BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, 21 (2): 90–96, doi:10.1080/17498430600803375, S2CID 122851275
  2. ^ Kissane, Barry (2009), "Popular mathematics", in Hurst, C.; Kemp, M.; Kissane, B.; Sparrow, L.; Spencer, T. (eds.), Mathematics: It's Mine, Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. (PDF), Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, pp. 125–134, archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2022, retrieved 10 September 2022
  3. ^ Growney, JoAnne (July 2011), "Looking at mathematics blogs", Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 1 (2): 70–74, doi:10.5642/jhummath.201102.08
  4. ^ "Websites to visit: Plus Magazine", Convergence, Mathematical Association of America, July 2007, archived from the original on 25 July 2021, retrieved 10 September 2022
  5. ^ Stephen Hawking's 60 years in a nutshell Archived 20 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine by Stephen Hawking; Plus Magazine Issue 18, January 2002
  6. ^ The music of the primes Archived 10 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine by Marcus du Sautoy; Plus Magazine Issue 28, January 2004
  7. ^ "Home". Archived from the original on 7 March 2013.
  8. ^ Higher education news Archived 4 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian
  9. ^ Previous Prize winners Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Royal Anniversary Trust