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drmthornber.bsky.social

Retired A level maths teacher, current examiner. Enjoy maths puzzles and cryptic crosswords.

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Out Now: 'A Tribute to Nick Lord' celebrating his work within the Mathematical Gazette and his contributions to the MA. Printed copies from £7, with the eBook free to MA members, or for just £1 to non-members. Printed: members.m-a.org.uk/Shop/product... eBook: members.m-a.org.uk/Shop/product...

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My latest video is about ancient spherical trigonometry. It goes back about 2000 years to the beginnings of trigonometry itself. In fact over most of that period the main reason to learn trigonometry was to do spherical trigonometry. youtu.be/yWqmrwhPtBs Possible enrichment for #AlevelMaths

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We've had a number of #ALevelMaths students sign up for this course last year. It's a bit of a time commitment (weekly webinars, some assignments and an exam), but the ones who stuck with it got a lot from it.

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Are we going to have to have a headline about what every private school does. Because I could offer various on the theme: State school cuts back on extra-curriculum provision to cut costs Junior School absorbs cost of absent SEND provision. Parents paying more for less www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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#FridayFive 1) Summer Breeze - The Isley Brothers 2) Stoned Soul Picnic - Laura Nyro 3) Summertime - Ella Fitgerald + Louis Armstrong 4) Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears for Fears 5) Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

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Repost with the first album that you bought with your own money.

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