Mathematical Stories

Maths is filled with exciting stories of discovery! Here are some of our favourites...

Andrew Wiles and Fermat's last theorem

How a scribble in the margin of a textbook taunted mathematicians for centuries.

Primes without 7s

James Maynard tells us why he is counting prime numbers that don't have 7 as a digit, and how he takes inspiration from ideas in music, engineering and science.

Meet the mathematicians

Meet some of our favourite mathematicians in these videos!

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Read some of our favourite mathematical stories!