Alexander the Great and the War in Iraq: An Interview with Children's Author Katherine Roberts Blogcritics.org
Katherine Roberts graduated with a First in Mathematics from Bath University and has worked with computers, racehorses, and in a pet shop. Her short stories have appeared in magazines such as Take A Break and in anthologies of horror fiction. Several of them have won awards and prizes. Two of her earliest fantasy stories, "A Gift from the Merlee" and "Death Singer," eventually grew
The Mayan Calendar Portal Answers Apocalypto's Call for a New Beginning Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
NEW YORK----Topping Hollywood box office charts at $15 million after its debut weekend, Mel Gibson's action film Apocalypto is attracting passionate opinions from all sides of the long-standing debate about the demise of the ancient Mayan civilization.
Genome DNA research enlists numbers crunchers International Herald Tribune
Thirty years ago, Nick Patterson worked for the code-breaking British agency that unscrambles intercepted messages. Today, at 59, he is tackling perhaps the toughest code of all — the human genome.
Speech by Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, AC Governor of Queensland University of Queensland
Honorary Doctorate acceptance address, Conferral of Doctor of Laws honoris causa, UQ Centre, St Lucia campus
A Cryptologist Takes a Crack at Deciphering DNA?s Deep Secrets New York Times
Nick Patterson, a self-professed ?data-guy,? explores the link between humans and chimpanzees.
Mayans Excited About 'Apocalypto' WABC-TV New York
Scenes of enslaved Maya Indians building temples for a violent, decadent culture in Mel Gibson's new film "Apocalypto" may ring true for many of today's Mayas, who earn meager wages in construction camps, building huge tourist resorts on land they once owned.
View from the lab Daily Telegraph
Prof Steve Jones places altruism under a scientific spotlight and finds that it is still flourishing.
Twenty Centuries of Friendly Cooperation: The Sino-Iranian Relationship The Globalist
As evidenced by China’s reluctance to join the international community in punishing Iran for its nuclear activities, the Sino-Iranian relationship is largely friendly and cooperative.
UR math prof Sandy Sanderson dies at 85 Redlands Daily Facts
REDLANDS - Judson "Sandy" Sanderson, who was among the 100 honored by the University of Redlands Oct. 20 at the opening ceremony of the university's centennial, died in Redlands Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, of complications of bladder cancer. He was 85.
Higher education in Asia: Really old school International Herald Tribune
For all the talk about the rise of Asia, are the continent's countries ultimately constrained in their potential to be great nations by their lack of top-flight systems of higher education?

Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics
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NUMDAM - Digitization af ancient mathematics documents
NUMDAM, Digitization of ancient mathematics documents. lien vers la version française Version française. 2006/12/12
History of Mathematics: China
Wrote Xugu suanjing (Continuation of Ancient Mathematics) of 22 problems. Solved cubic equations by generalization of algorithm for cube root.
Ancient Mathematics Homepage
Ancient Mathematics. Introduction. Most people will learn high school maths, maybe do an A-level in it and, if they're crazy enough, they'll do a degree too
Amazon.com: Ancient Mathematics (Sciences of Antiquity): Books
Amazon.com: Ancient Mathematics (Sciences of Antiquity): Books: Serafina Cuomo by Serafina Cuomo.
Vignettes of Ancient Mathematics
The purpose of this site is to illustrate various mathematical techniques and strategies, mostly in ancient Greek mathematics, but other related examples
Katgraham's Math Odyssey: Ancient Mathematics Research Links
Teacher's page of ancient mathematics and history of mathematics divided intomulticultural areas.
Ancient Math References for Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
References to Ancient Mathematics. note: MR = AMS Mathematical Reviews number. For sources from the Ancient Egyptians 3000 BC click on Egyptian Mathematical ancient+mathematics: mathematics in ancient greece , ancient antiquity mathematics science , mathematics in ancient greece , ancient antiquity mathematics science , ancient+mathematics