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Mark Ronan
Eureka moments in Syracuse
In a charming Sicilian museum you can test the theories of antiquity’s greatest mathematician
Mark Ronan
Cosmos
Brotherly and sisterly love
André and Simone Weil were two sides of the same coin: impatient; determined; brilliant; attracted to ancient wisdom and ideas
Mark Ronan
Books
Brought to book
Mathematics publishing is a soft touch. The publisher usually hasn’t a clue, so they send the manuscript to someone like me to comment on. I used to be a soft touch too
Mark Ronan
Counterpoints
Playing the numbers game
Mark Spiegelhalter's book helps explain how implausible statistical nonsense arises in the first place
Mark Ronan
Books
Civilisation made concrete
The ancient Assyrians deserve to be remembered for being pioneering builders and engineers
Mark Ronan
Cosmos
Is this the real life or just fantasy?
It may not be possible to know if we are living in a simulation — but perhaps we don’t need certainty
Mark Ronan
Cosmos
Escaping the Moscow ghetto
How a brilliant young Russian mathematician was blocked by blatant Soviet anti-Semitism
Mark Ronan
Cosmos
Opera’s summer in the country
This year’s rural festivals provided a feast of productions of works outside the main repertoire
Mark Ronan
Music
The heroes who came up with zero
‘Arabic’ numerals came to Europe from India — but ancient Sumerians invented them
Mark Ronan
Cosmos
An Italian take on time and space
Events in the quantum world do not form an orderly queue but crowd around in a chaotic fashion
Mark Ronan
Cosmos
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Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
Underrated
The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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