Plus Magazine
{{Short description|Online popular mathematics magazine}}
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Plus Magazine is an online popular mathematics magazine run under the Millennium Mathematics Project at the University of Cambridge.{{citation|last=Lawrence|first=Snezana|author-link=Snezana Lawrence|date=July 2006|doi=10.1080/17498430600803375|issue=2|journal=BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics|pages=90–96|title=Maths is good for you: web-based history of mathematics resources for young mathematicians (and their teachers)|volume=21|s2cid=122851275}}{{citation|last=Kissane|first=Barry|editor1-last=Hurst|editor1-first=C.|editor2-last=Kemp|editor2-first=M.|editor3-last=Kissane|editor3-first=B.|editor4-last=Sparrow|editor4-first=L.|editor5-last=Spencer|editor5-first=T.|contribution=Popular mathematics|url=https://82-109.aamt.edu.au/content/download/19065/252046/file/maths-its_mine.pdf#page=143|pages=125–134|publisher=Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers|title=Mathematics: It's Mine, Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc.|year=2009|access-date=10 September 2022|archive-date=27 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327083112/https://82-109.aamt.edu.au/content/download/19065/252046/file/maths-its_mine.pdf#page=143|url-status=live}}{{citation|last=Growney|first=JoAnne|date=July 2011|doi=10.5642/jhummath.201102.08|issue=2|journal=Journal of Humanistic Mathematics|pages=70–74|title=Looking at mathematics blogs|volume=1|doi-access=free}}{{citation|url=https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/websites-to-visit-plus-magazine|title=Websites to visit: Plus Magazine|journal=Convergence|publisher=Mathematical Association of America|date=July 2007|access-date=10 September 2022|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725164819/https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/websites-to-visit-plus-magazine|url-status=live}}
Plus contains:
- feature articles on all aspects of mathematics;
- reviews of popular maths books and events;
- a news section;
- mathematical puzzles and games;
- interviews with people in maths related careers;
- Plus Podcast – Maths on the Move
History
Plus was initially named PASS Maths (Public Awareness and Schools Support for Maths) in 1997, when it was a project of the Interactive Courseware Research and Development Group, based jointly at the University of Cambridge and Keele University. Plus is now part of the Millennium Mathematics Project, a long term national initiative based in Cambridge and active across the UK and internationally.
Authors of articles in Plus include Stephen Hawking[http://plus.maths.org/issue18/features/hawking/index.html Stephen Hawking's 60 years in a nutshell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620012808/http://plus.maths.org/issue18/features/hawking/index.html |date=20 June 2008 }} by Stephen Hawking; Plus Magazine Issue 18, January 2002 and Marcus du Sautoy.[http://plus.maths.org/issue28/features/sautoy/ The music of the primes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610090037/http://plus.maths.org/issue28/features/sautoy/ |date=10 June 2008 }} by Marcus du Sautoy; Plus Magazine Issue 28, January 2004
Plus won the 2001 Webby for Best Science Site on the Web,{{Cite web|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307220258/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=5|title=Home|archivedate=7 March 2013}} and has been described as "an excellent site put together by those with a real love for the subject".[http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/links/mathematics/0,,474723,00.html Higher education news] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004165421/http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/links/mathematics/0,,474723,00.html |date=4 October 2008 }}, The Guardian In 2006 the Millennium Mathematics Project, of which Plus is a part, won the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education.[http://www.royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/the-prizes/previous-prize-winners?archive%5Bkeywords%5D=Millennium+Mathematics+Project&x=0&y=0&archive%5Byears%5D=&archive%5Bcountries%5D=&archive%5Binstitutions_type%5D=&archive%5Bsubjectarea%5D=&sort%5Binst_name%5D=asc# Previous Prize winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031822/http://www.royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/the-prizes/previous-prize-winners?archive%5Bkeywords%5D=Millennium+Mathematics+Project&x=0&y=0&archive%5Byears%5D=&archive%5Bcountries%5D=&archive%5Binstitutions_type%5D=&archive%5Bsubjectarea%5D=&sort%5Binst_name%5D=asc |date=4 March 2016 }} , Royal Anniversary Trust
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External links
- {{official website|http://plus.maths.org}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991125011205/http://mmp.maths.org/|date=25 November 1999|title=Millennium Mathematics Project official website}}
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