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Kurt Gödel, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday next year,
showed in 1931 that
the power of maths to
explain the world is limited: his famous incompleteness theorem
proves mathematically
that maths cannot prove
everything. Gregory Chaitin explains why he thinks that Gödel's
incompleteness
theorem is only the tip of
the iceberg,
and why mathematics is far too complex ever to be described by a single theory.
Carla Farsi is both an artist and a mathematician, who declared
2005 her Special Year for art and maths. Find out what she got up to,
and what it's like being a part of both worlds.
Maths is not the first thing that springs to mind when you think about
fighting crime. But a closer look reveals that it is behind many of the
techniques that modern detectives rely on. Chris Budd investigates.
One hundred years ago, in 1905, Albert Einstein changed physics forever
with his special theory of relativity. Since then his name — and
hair do —
have become synonymous with genius. John D Barrow looks at Einstein as
a media star.
It's not that long ago that all you needed to run an airline was a few planes
and some competent pilots. But now, with more of us zipping around the globe
every year and the advent of no frills airlines, keeping an airline
competitive has
become a complicated business. Christine Currie explains how your
airfare is calculated.
Adrian Dow has a huge change ahead of him: after fourteen years in the UK and around the world,
he's about to return to his native Trinidad with the ultimate aim to open his own school. Plus intercepted him on the way to the airport.