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Multiple wave scattering
When waves scatter off many objects, things get incredibly complex.
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Studying scattered waves
Ice, food, and invisibility cloaks — meet the maths that links them together!
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Chocolate and mayonnaise
What do chocolate and mayonnaise have in common? It's maths! Find out how in this podcast featuring engineer Valerie Pinfield.
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From rainbows to rogue waves
Dispersion lies at the heart of many dramatic phenomena - explore the maths that explains it!
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Give us a wave!
Ripples on a pond, the swell of ocean waves, your favourite song – these can all be described using sine waves. But how do we describe a sine wave?
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Why sine (and cosine) make waves
From trigonometry to waves.
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Why are sunsets red?
The answer comes from the physics of waves.
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Let's rock
Rock and its use for tools and buildings has shaped human civilisation. Here's an introduction to the maths of rocks.
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What makes an object into a musical instrument?
Many things make a noise when you hit them, but not many are commonly used to play music — why is that? Jim Woodhouse looks at harmonic and not so harmonic frequencies and at how percussion instruments are tuned.
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Sine language
As an electronic musician Oli Freke has always been fascinated by sine waves, so much so that he's created a song based on them for the Geekpop festival, which is currently taking place on the Web. In this article he explores his song, touching on ancient Greek mythology, strange piano tunings and Johann Sebastian Bach.
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A current problem
Frances Elwell looks at the eddies and currents, from the pungent problem of sewage outflow to the search for bodies of people who have fallen into rivers, explaining that fluid mechanics lies behind it all.
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The dynamic sun
On 11th August 1999 a total eclipse of the Sun will be visible from parts of the UK. It will provide a spectacular display, but why is the Sun so interesting? Helen Mason explains.