Tony Mann writes

Within the "Notices" section of BSHM Bulletin 6, short item entitled "Tony Mann writes:" giving details of a sixth-formers' "maths taster day".

[Book review] Symmetry - A Unifying Concept, István Hargittai and Magdolna Hargittai

Tony Mann provides a review of the book: István Hargittai and Magdolna Hargittai, Symmetry - A Unifying Concept, 1994, Ten Speed Press, 222pp. ISBN: 089815-590-8. £14.99

[Book review] Iterations: The New Image

Tony Mann provides a review of the book: Timothy Druckrey (ed.) Iterations: The New Image. MIT Press, (1994), 199pp. ISBN: 0-2620-4143-X. £35.95

[Book review] Colour: Art and Science

Tony Mann provides a review of the book: Trevor Lamb & Janine Bourriau (Eds.) Colour: Art and Science, 1995. (Darwin College Lectures), Cambridge University Press, 237pp. ISBN: 0521-49645-4 (hbk.) 0521-49963-1 (pbk.)

[Book review] Book of Shadows

Tony Mann provides a review of the book: Simon Biggs, Book of Shadows, Ellipsis (Electric Art Series: 1), 64pp. with CD-Rom, 1996, ISBN 1-899858-156. £15. [Needs Multimedia PC (Windows, 486 or Pentium processor), or Macintosh (68040 or PowerPC)]

[Book review] Instruction Paintings

Tony Mann provides a review of the book: Yoko Ono, Instruction Paintings, Weatherhill Inc., 1996, ISBN 0-8348-0348-8, £12.99

[Crossword] Not! by Parsman

Tony Mann compiled this crossword under the pseudonym of Parsman.

[Lecture review] 4. 'Three great mathematicians: Euler', 6 March 2002

Tony Mann provides a review of the lecture: 'Three great mathematicians: Euler' held on 6 March 2002 as the fourth and last lecture of the Gresham College History of Mathematics season.

[Book review] Reviews. [1] Nicholas Crane, Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet, London: Weidenfield and Nicolson, 2002. [2] Stephen Inwood: The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange and Inventive Life of Robert Hooke (1635-1703), London: Macmillan, 2002

Book reviews of: [1] Nicholas Crane, Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet, London: Weidenfield and Nicolson, 2002, £20, ISBN: 0297646656. [2] Stephen Inwood: The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange and Inventive Life of Robert Hooke (1635-1703), London: Macmillan, 2002, £18.99, ISBN: 0333782860.

[Performance review] Carl Djerassi, Calculus

Review of a semi-staged performance of Calculus by Carl Djerassi at the Royal Institution, London on 30 September 2002.

[Exhibition review] Keith Tyson at Tate Britain

This is a review of an exhibition of the work of the twenty-first century artist, Keith Tyson, who specializes in mathematics. He was short-listed for the Turner Prize and his work is included in the exhibition of nominated artists' work at Tate Britain. [Keith Tyson was announced as the winner of the 2002 Turner prize on 8 December 2002.]