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Talking primes

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Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 12 Jul 2012
What is so magical about prime numbers - and what makes them musical? The Material World wanted to find out...

Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends

Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends Creative commons imageCredit: Mathematical Association of America under CC BY-ND 2.0 licence
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 11 May 2012
Mathematics isn't solely the pursuit of men. We should celebrate great thinkers like Emmy Noether and the superb work of women in mathematics today

Unscramble the clue to The Code

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 27 Jul 2011
Got your free mathematical puzzle? One of the clues to The Code Treasure Hunt can be found by unscrambling the puzzle on this page.

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Succeed with maths - Part 2

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Introductory Level Duration 50 hours Updated 24 May 2013
Mathematics underpins practically every aspect of modern life. This free online course is a friendly introduction to a range of key ideas to help you...

Succeed with maths - Part 1

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Succeed with maths - Part 1 New content Copyrighted imageCredit: © Annett autech/iStockphoto.com
Introductory Level Duration 48 hours Updated 24 May 2013
Mathematics underpins practically every aspect of modern life. This free online course is a friendly introduction to a range of key ideas to help you...

Succeed with maths: Getting down to basics

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Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 24 May 2013
This unit is concerned with how to write and understand numbers using place value, and includes a brief overview of how our number system developed....

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The story of maths

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Introductory Level Duration 100 hours Updated 26 Apr 2013 Register by 24 Apr 2014
This short course traces the development of mathematics – from its origins in Egypt and Mesopotamia 4000 years ago to twentieth-century Europe and the US.The...

MSc in Mathematics

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Duration 1800 hours Updated 26 Apr 2013
An MSc for mathematicians, scientists and engineers, exploring aspects of pure and applied maths. Options include calculus of variations, fractal geometry, number theory, functional analysis,...

BSc (Honours) Mathematics

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Duration 3600 hours Updated 15 Feb 2013
Gain a secure understanding of mathematics with this degree that looks at topics in mathematics, from pure mathematics to how mathematics is used in the...