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The pictures on this site do not represent a co-ordinated effort to collect a set of mathematical images but instead are photos I have taken of objects or places that have interested me. They are supposed to be of interest and relating to mathematics and its applications.
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Alan Turing statue, University of Surrey. Taken during an IMA visit.
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Armillary Sphere in the Millennium Garden, University of Nottingham, where I have studied and worked.
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From Library at Nottingham Trent University, where I studied and worked as a lecturer.
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Detail from Alan Turing statue, University of Surrey. Taken during an IMA visit.
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Butterfly at Buckfast Butterfly Farm. Animal patterns have interested mathematicians. Taken during a holiday to Totnes.
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Detail from chalkboard at University of Manchester. Taken during an IMA visit.
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Chalkboard at University of Manchester. Taken during an IMA visit.
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Shepherd Gate Clock at Greenwich Observatory. Taken during an IMA visit to the University of Greenwich.
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Clouds showing aeroplane trail above Nottingham, where I live.
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From report by James Clerk Maxwell. Taken during an IMA visit to Scotland.
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Statue of Albrecht Dürer. Taken by my parents on a tour of Germany, in Nürnberg.
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Fern, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. Ferns are self-similar and are often used as examples when introducing fractals. Taken during a holiday to Bowness.
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Detail from sign at University of Liverpool. Taken during an IMA visit.
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Green's Windmill in Nottingham, once owned and operated by George Green. Taken during a visit to Green's Windmill and Science Centre.
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Window at Green's Windmill and Science Centre, displaying snippets of mathematical notation. The windmill is reflected in the window. Taken during a visit to the mill once owned and operated by George Green.
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Detail from James Clerk Maxwell statue, Edinburgh. Taken during an IMA visit to Scotland.
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"Mad Hatter" hat at a fancy dress party. Taken when I was a student at the University of Nottingham. The Hatter is a character in Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
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Detail from sign at University of Liverpool. Taken during an IMA visit.
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James Clerk Maxwell statue, Edinburgh. Taken during an IMA visit to Scotland.
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Napier's Bones. Taken during an IMA visit to the Science Museum when Jane Wess showed me Napier's bones.
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Isaac Newton Sundial at University of Leicester. Taken during an IMA visit.
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Railway tracks at Derby. Taken during an IMA visit while waiting for a train.
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Weather vane at Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Taken during an IMA visit to the University of Greenwich.
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Detail of a window at Royal Society of Edinburgh. Taken during Taken during an IMA visit to Scotland.
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Detail of a Window at De Morgan House (London Mathematical Society), Russell Square, London. Taken during an IMA visit.
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From a report by James Clerk Maxwell. Taken during an IMA visit to Scotland.