Wandering around the bridges!
Can you always find a route through the bridges? This is the question to be answered.
Drugs dumpings in the Netherlands - Update
It was as if the Dutch Broadcast Foundation (NOS) waited for our article to appear last March before touching on the topic of drugs dumpings in the Netherlands again.
A mathematical overview of 2018!
Some memorable moments for mathematics from last year, both on a global level but also within the Networks program!
Synchronization
Synchronization is a phenomenon which has received a lot of attention in the last few decades. It is the mechanism by which a group of individuals that go through some periodic motion begin moving through the same parts of their cycles at the same time.
Puzzle time!
Most people, when asked about mathematics will (unfortunately) say it’s dull at best. Yet when you ask mathematicians what they like most about the job, their answer will very likely be the exact opposite: mathematicians think that they have one of the most fulfilling and creative jobs in the world!
Vaccinations and networks
In 2014 UNICEF announced that polio had been eradicated in India, one of the last strongholds of the disease. The World Health Organization is optimistic that by the end of next year, polio will be eradicated worldwide. The reason: a very effective vaccination campaign.
Winners of the NETWORKS challenge
Tectonic puzzles and the purpose of life. Did you know that these topics are related to Networks? Find out more through the two winning movies of the NETWORKS challenge!
Nautilus on networks
Nautilus, for those who don’t know, is a magazine for popular science writing. It’s one of my favorite places for that, actually (among the others e.g. Quanta and Scientific American). Nautilus contains writing on a very broad range of topics.
Lo & Behold: Werner Herzog’s take on the Internet
![Source =https://www.flickr.com/photos/zaffi/13522787904/ |Author =[https://www.flickr.com/people/46958049@N00 Raffi Asdourian] from New York, United States](https://www.networkpages.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Werner_herzog_portrait-1024x683.jpg)
Documentary, “Lo & Behold: reveries of the connected world” is about the Internet. “What is so terrible about the internet?” you ask, “Isn’t it kind of great?” Yes, that is indeed how it would seem to most of us. But just wait until Herzog shows you.
Networks participation at SWI with a TNO problem
On January 23-27, 2017, the Study Group Mathematics with the Industry (SWI 2017) took place in Amsterdam. Networks participated in the SWI 2017 event with a problem which combined the various scientific areas represented in Networks.