Fractals. Ah yes, the darlings of artists, computers and snowflakes (no, not that sort). Robin Wilson is our artist-in-residence as he takes us on a short tour of fractal history. Including, er, an alpenhorn player? Watch Robin's talk: youtu.be/4esOvq4o9RA

The Tower of Babel (Andrew Wiles Building, Oxford Mathematics branch) is a huge edifice crossing countries and continents. The Tower of Babel - Episode 3

Counting the enemy, consulting the almanac and imagining a dagger. Paul Glendinning applies a mathematician's lens to the world which Shakespeare created. We are such stuff as mathematical dreams are made on. Watch now: youtu.be/iMHvwhXFrNQ

Mathematics the mind reader. How much monetary pain would you take to deny someone else monetary gain? @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social issues an ultimatum.

Oxford Mathematician Francis Brown has been elected Fellow of @royalsociety.org (FRS). Francis works in algebraic geometry and mathematical physics with research ranging from pure mathematics to methods for precision calculations in high-energy particle physics. www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81235

The Tower of Babel story is about punishment. For its arrogant, sky-reaching tower, humanity is condemned to speak in many tongues. For our mathematicians, the Tower of Babel is an inspiration. The Tower of Babel - Episode 2

Can advanced experimental biology & mathematical modelling uncover how single cells generate complex extracellular structures with nanometric precision? You bet. Join the interface of applied mathematics, mechanics, developmental biology & quantitative imaging. Apply: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81373

The Generation Game 'Mathematics is a subject that is transmitted from person to person'. And from generation to generation. Watch three generations of mathematicians in action.

We've come to the last of Fernando Alday's six lectures on Special Relativity that we are showing. But fear not, for glad tidings of great lectures we bring, with full courses on Dynamics and Financial Derivatives lined up. Here comes the summer. Lecture 6: youtu.be/1OOeOndFJkY

Mathematics is a universal language. Isn't it? The Tower of Babel - Episode 1

When the post of Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science was created by @ox.ac.uk, presumably the first requirement was 'know lots of science'. But how much? All of it? @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social is the current holder of the post. How much does he know?

Over a course of 16 lectures, attendance can fall. There's always a recording, life gets busy, and anyway you'll have a tutorial or class to really get on it. But for many, maths in action is still where it's at. Fernando Alday, Special Relativity, lecture 5: youtu.be/-Te1fUF6hvc

All over the globe, and maybe somewhere out in space, students are revising - or maybe in a few cases 'vising'. We asked our maths undergraduates how they went about it. Spoiler alert: this remains an open problem.

To find out why Sophie Germain was, and is, an important mathematician, you can now watch all the talks from her 250th birthday bash. Starring in order of appearance: Lukas Brantner, Ana Caraiani, Dan Plane, Laura Monk and James Maynard. Watch: www.sophie-germain.com/250/

Communication skills are not always the first thing you associate with mathematicians. But they are crucial if mathematicians are going to convince the biologists, medics and others with whom they work, that mathematical models are truly useful. Here's Stéphanie.

It has been an inspiring spring in Oxford with the full flush of blossom now preparing to give way to the intense green of summer. But who cares about that when you can watch Robin Wilson on the Basel problem and the Riemann hypothesis? Watch: youtu.be/uqp7QmnlgPY

Pure mathematicians tell us that our 30 billion or so credit, debit and prepaid cards are only safe because of the esoteric world of number theory, and prime numbers in particular. But how? James Maynard takes your details in his Sophie Germain lecture. Watch the full lecture: youtu.be/yq4zHsdOy54

Who are Field's Medallist James Maynard's heroes? Sophie Germain is one. Sophie is 250 this month and her work on prime numbers still matters as James explain in his public lecture. Watch from 5 pm UK today: youtu.be/yq4zHsdOy54

First it was space, time and relativity before Einstein; then the Maxwell's equations, followed by the Michelson-Morley Experiment. Today it's the postulates of special relativity. What are we on about? Fernando Alday's Special Relativity course, of course. Here's lecture 4: youtu.be/uw9u0r4GglY

A computer scientist walks into a mathematics department... AI is in Frankenstein mode, worrying about the monster it has created. Even the tech bros seem terrified. So, where does mathematics fit in to AI's future?

Shout out to all you schools. We've just opened school applications for our new free GCSE Maths mentoring scheme aimed at getting pupils from grade 7 up to grade 8 or 9 (or equivalent). Oxford students will be the mentors. Now we'd like schools to sign up: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/outreach/oxf...

Never play a card game with a mathematician. They might not win, but they'll certainly explain exactly how the game works. Come to think of it, cards with a mathematician might be even more fun. But certainly don't play table football with a mathematician.

Richard Feynman called it 'the most remarkable formula in math'. Michael Atiyah compared it to 'to be, or not to be'. It has even featured in The Simpsons. Robin Wilson tells the tale of Euler's equation: youtu.be/qgfuUzoGF2c PS: it isn't known if Euler was a Shakespeare fan.

What happens when a mathematician reads a novel? @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social has just read 128.

Mathematicians love games. Games love mathematics. Maybe mathematics is just one big game?

Fernando Alday is Rouse Ball Professor here in Oxford Mathematics, a post held by the likes of Charles Coulson, Philip Candelas and Roger Penrose. Fernando also delivers tasty Special Relativity lectures to our 3rd years. Here's number 3 of 6 we're showing: youtu.be/afBXRvWjMnA

Always remember the friendship paradox (STEM version): on average, your friends will know more mathematicians than you.

Imaginary numbers puzzled mathematicians for centuries. Some were very suspicious, seeing them as 'impossible'. Even Euler, at first. Robin Wilson takes us through a story of mathematical imagination and complexity: youtu.be/yXpzbZppMI0

Your nearest Uber driver is one minute away.

We are told maths is everywhere, which is hardly a cheery thought for anyone who doesn't like it. But is it really everywhere?

Fernando Alday's student lectures are legendary. So are his introductions. Watch his second Special Relativity lecture: youtu.be/O4CxcoawCs8

Oxford Mathematicians Patrick Farrell and Heather Harrington made Fellows of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Read more: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/80940

The 13th episode (unlucky for some, prime for others) of Robin Wilson's stories of the equations that make mathematics takes us to logarithms and exponentials. Here Robin gives a familiar primer. Watch the full talk: youtu.be/bhgUnEhXmR4

Be afraid. Mathematicians are going to be made redundant by AI. Well, maybe, but computers have always been pretty nimble at maths. There was that Turing guy, for example. And they are helping Einstein out too. Watch Jason Lotay's Public Lecture now: youtu.be/3NCbEbopMj8

Student life is about serendipitous friendships. It is also about living cheek by jowl with friends and knowing next to nothing about what they spend their days studying. But sometimes those studies can overlap. Luckiest days of their lives?

What's so special about special relativity? Our new series of student lectures kicks off with six lectures from Fernando Alday's 3rd year 'Special Relativity' course. Here's Fernando setting the scene. Watch the first lecture: youtu.be/xSDsrjw7upI

New centre, founded by @gsk.bsky.social together with @ox.ac.uk and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, aims to embed a ‘mathematical modelling-first’ mindset towards the development of new therapies for lung, liver, kidney and cartilage diseases. Read more: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/80814

Join us on 1 April at the Royal Institution to wish pioneering mathematician Sophie Germain a happy 250th birthday. Talks about her life and work by Lukas Brantner, Ana Caraiani, James Maynard and Laura Monk, plus a demonstration and panel discussion. Book your place: www.sophie-germain.com/250/

Over my head.

Oxford Mathematician Torin Fastnedge has won the Gold Medal for Mathematical Sciences at the 2026 STEM for Britain poster competition held in the House of Commons on March 17th for his poster 'Mathematical Modelling of Microfibre Release by Washing Machines'. More: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/80797

Topological data analysis is ever changing shape. We're looking for researchers to join the team to work in applied topology for data science with links to geometry and systems biology. Find out more: lnkd.in/eHJ5zJpY

For some mathematicians, it's not just the coffee they drink, but the mug they drink it in.

1 April 2026 is Sophie Germain's 250th birthday. Sophie made major contributions to mathematics, from number theory to elasticity theory. This lecture by Fields Medallist James Maynard is part of an afternoon dedicated to Sophie's work. Find out more: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/80642

Robin Wilson's latest short talk on the equations that make mathematics, takes us to differentiation and integration, the two branches of calculus, culminating in the (in)famous dispute between those mathematical giants, Leibniz and Newton. Watch: youtu.be/TwlbUhEvHso

You're in a class at high school trying to make sense of Shakespeare's language. Then time is up and you find yourself in the maths class wrestling with numbers in all their permutations. Night and day? Or are you in one big class? Here's @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social du Sautoy.

What's the best source of calcium? Milk? Bony fish? Almonds? Broccoli? Kale? Mathematics? Yes to all of them (shout-out to kale). In her eighth and final Mathematical Physiology student lecture, Christiana Mavroyiakoumou looks at calcium dynamics. Watch: youtu.be/SglzrrdMwk8

So who discovered the Fibonacci sequence? Fibonacci? No, afraid not (no disrespect Leonardo Bonacci, aka Fibonacci). Another scientist? Nope. Who then? Here's @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social (it wasn't him either in case you're wondering).

Russell Foster considers the importance of circadian rhythms to human health and the role of seasonal timing in reproduction and other phenomena. In science, timing is everything. Watch now: youtu.be/_ZvxlXS9rbQ

Our work in mathematical biology spans many areas of this increasingly important field. This role will focus on combining theoretical and computational approaches to understand collective cell behaviours. And you get to hang out with the team. Find out more: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/80472

DJ Quant? Our students are looking to the future. Or not.