Adult Numeracy Curriculum

Maths in the Papers

Maths of big molecules

Maths of Big Molecules

BuckminsterfullerineThis is a picture of Buckminsterfullerine C60, or the Bucky ball as it is commonly known and is one of a number of big molecules we will be looking at here. This site aims to draw links between the science of large molecules and mathematics.

This site has been set up to support the University of York Chemistry Department 'Molecules of Life' stall at the Tomorrow World Roadshow 2002. We have also produced a leaflet for the stall, however you do not need to read the leaflet to understand this website.

We have several sections to this website, that you can look at, they are: