Michael Grove

Max Planck FRS presented his theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law today in 1900. This is now known as the Planck postulate. Learn more about his life and research in his biographical memoir bit.ly/2BeWtGI #Onthisday

1684 - Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley bit.ly/2zAQHP4

Fantastic news @tinaoverton! Truly very well deserved recognition of your leadership in chemistry education! Many congratulations!

Sounds intriguing. . .in a scary sort of way!!

Today in 1859, Charles Darwin's book 'On the Origin of Species' was first offered for sale, in London, England. The Royal Society is fortunate to have a first edition in our collection bit.ly/2A5NIOJ

Cecil Ewing of Drumcondra posed this in the late 1890s: "Find six unequal positive cube numbers such that the square of the sum of every five, added to the remaining one, shall be a rational square" buff.ly/2DNhc8q

@cdcsteele Does that involves taking the emergency acetates with you?!

I did have to use a few minutes of plan B before plan A was ready.

Likewise!

@cdcsteele Hope you are not still waiting!

#maths0b1 Not what you want to see as you are setting up for a lecture ....

@christianp @peterrowlett These could be quite interesting for use in mathematics support, particularly if you can transfer out.

@christianp @peterrowlett I think this looks like something that is made by myboogieboard.com They even have one called 'Blackboard": writeonblackboard.com/shop/ which looks like an excellent piece of kit and potentially good value too.

Today in 1922, the Nobel Committee announced that Albert Einstein had been awarded the Nobel Prize. He won the Prize "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect." bit.ly/2AQm2yS #OnThisDay

Second call in the IMA’s HE Teaching & Learning Series launched. Support available for HE Mathematical Sciences departments to facilitate a teaching and learning related workshop. Proposals to be submitted by 9am Tuesday 13 November 2018 ima.org.uk/10449/ima-high…

@AHOsbaldestin @NewtonInstitute Well spotted! Although @RosemaryJDyson beat you to it...

Courtesy of @NewtonInstitute, participants at the 2018 Induction Course for New Lecturers in the Mathematical Sciences in September 2018. I am sure I'm there somewhere. . .

@DrJPritchard One of the things I have asked students to do as they complete a module is to write some advice for students taking the module the following year which is made available at the start. It forms a useful process all round, including for me as module lead.

My 2nd year tutees came to the 1st year tutorial today. Key messages: 1) assessments are not as bad as you think, 2) revise over Christmas, 3) 1st year prepares you well for the 2nd year, 4) things become clearer/easier from here on in.

Just over a week remaining to submit proposals to @IMAmaths 2019 HE Teaching & Learning Workshop Series: ima.org.uk/10449/ima-high… Proposals specifically sought on themes of: Employability; Feedback; Programming and Coding; and, Alternative Assessment in the mathematical sciences.

Only a few trees are still holding onto their autumn colour at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. #autumnleaves #autumncolours #backtowork

Who needs maths? Oh, only animators, builders, nurses, plumbers... irishtimes.com/news/science/w…