Their fascinating new insight into phenomena imperceptible to the human eye has earned mathematician Claire Voisin and astrophysicists Conny Aerts and Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard the prestigious Crafoord Prize in Mathematics and Astronomy. What secrets lie inside the Sun and other stars? How can we describe shapes that cannot be seen? This year’s Crafoord Prize in Astronomy […]
Lying in plain sight, clay tablet revealed as oldest example of complex geometry
Australian mathematician discovers applied geometry on ancient tablet. © UNSW Sydney There it was, nestled snuggly at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum for over 100 years after it was unearthed in the 19th century in the ancient Babylonian city Sippar (present-day Iraq). Who knew what secrets the artefact had kept all these years? According to research […]