Curling: The sport of mathematicians

Tomorrow marks the beginning of events at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and boy am I excited. This means that over the course of the next few weeks I, like many others, will become an armchair expert and superfan of some of the coolest sports in existence (pun entirely intended). One sport I always find myself

Sunday’s Summons: Rowing Round the Bend!

I, Sophie the Mathmo, hereby summon you to complete this challenge: Last weekend I was in Cambridge so last week’s Sunday’s Summons rolls over to this week and you lucky people get TWO challenges! Whilst I was in Cambridge, I met may people and participated in two sports. The first of these was rowing. I