uni-erlangen - Chalkdust

The historical central building of the University of Erlangen. Image: Akriesch, CC by 2.5

Elinor is a PhD student at the Open University studying the history of maths. She loves maths, history and most things in between!

Solving a cubic in 1646
Elinor Flavell takes squaring the circle to another level
Review of “Getting Triggy with it”
Find out what we thought of Matt Parker's 2025 Edinburgh Fringe show
In conversation with Alison Etheridge
Elinor Flavell talks to the recently appointed dame about life, mathematics and more.
Slide rules: the early calculators
When slide rules used to rule... find out why they still do
In conversation with Hannah Fry
On the mathematics of love, communicating maths to the public, and women in maths.
Interstellar travel
Investigate the mathematics of wormholes