What Would Florence Nightingale Make of Big Data?

From the BBC's "ideas" series, here's David Spiegelhalter introducing Florence Nightingale's work on statistics in a 4-minute video, and looking at how we can use the same principals to make sense of the data that is thrown at us from all angles in today's superconnected world!

Maths is Cool

One of a collection of posters produced for World Year of Mathematics 2000 and displayed on trains in the London Underground, this one focuses on catastrophe theory and its relevance to unstable icebergs.

This is a low-res version. Download the full-sized image at the link below:

World Mathematical Year 2000 London Underground Posters

Also available to purchase in a set of all 12 posters pre-printed at 61cm x 28cm from the Mathematical Association.