Hugh Duncan, Author at Chalkdust

Hugh Duncan graduated from UCL having studied astronomy. He taught physics and maths at the International School of Nice for over thirty years. Hugh was a punk when he started UCL in 1976 and guess what, he still is! Check out his band Old Age Spies on YouTube. He recently retired and has just had his first science fantasy book published 'Life On Mars - The Vikings Are Coming' inspired by his time at UCL. Check it out too!

The first negative dimension
1 December 2022
A tribute to alumni Roly Drower by Hugh Duncan
$Flo-maps fractograms: the game$
Flo-maps fractograms: the game
26 November 2020
Try out these flo-maps for yourself: fractions speak louder than words
$Flo-maps fractograms: the prequel$
Flo-maps fractograms: the prequel
26 November 2020
Hugh Duncan returns with the long-awaited prequel in which he further explores the geometric patterns hidden behind the fractions.
Reproduce or die
1 August 2019
Hugh Duncan explores an exciting variation on Conway's Game of Life
Overturned polygons: shapes with less than two sides
15 November 2018
Hugh Duncan explores polygons with a shortage of edges
Frawks
26 July 2018
Exploring non-random walks using fractions
$Between a square rock and a hard pentagon: fractional polygons$
Between a square rock and a hard pentagon: fractional polygons
28 September 2017
A polygon with four and a half sides?!
Thinking outside the box
27 April 2017
Negative polygons and other mathematical creations
Fractograms
6 October 2015
Hugh Duncan explores the hidden patterns of fractions