Plus Magazine

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Short description: Online popular mathematics 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 
  2. Kissane, Barry (2009), "Popular mathematics", in Hurst, C.; Kemp, M.; Kissane, B. et al., Mathematics: It's Mine, Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc., Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, pp. 125–134, https://82-109.aamt.edu.au/content/download/19065/252046/file/maths-its_mine.pdf#page=143, 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, https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/websites-to-visit-plus-magazine, retrieved 10 September 2022 
  5. Stephen Hawking's 60 years in a nutshell by Stephen Hawking; Plus Magazine Issue 18, January 2002
  6. The music of the primes by Marcus du Sautoy; Plus Magazine Issue 28, January 2004
  7. "Home". Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130307220258/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=5. 
  8. Higher education news , The Guardian
  9. Previous Prize winners , Royal Anniversary Trust

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