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Binomial theorem

Can this get any more fun…?

Here is some stuff about the binomial theorem.

Differential equations

What happens when the rate of change of x depends on the value of x itself?

Discover some answers here.

SQA exam notes

SQA – NQ – Past Papers and Marking Instructions. It’s worth taking a particular look at the rules which examiners have to follow.

Vectors and matrices

Some background material on vectors and matrices.

Complex numbers

What happens when you try to take the square root of -1?

Here are some useful examples.

Feynmania on the BBC

Richard Feynman describes how much fun it is to think up explanations of the physical world.

Ideal gas equation

Where does PV=nRT , the ideal gas equation, come from?

Here is a nice explanation.

Dot.physics

This is my favourite wired.com blog.

I really admire Rhett Allain’s enthusiasm and his willingness to try out explanations of physical phenomena -very publicly.

This gives a clear insight into how physicists (and engineers and applied mathematicians ) think. There is a great deal of working through thought experiments and iterating towards a theory which accounts well for the known observations.

Definitely worth a read-through.

Plus magazine

Here is an online magazine with some really great content -from introductory to quite advanced. A good source of ideas and explanations.

Maths teaching (video)

Here‘s maths teacher Dan Meyer talking about how to get people buying into maths problems by asking a simple question and removing all the spoon-feeding steps (including plugging numbers into formulae).

This man is super-enthusiastic, as well as a very clear thinker.