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Twelve regular 2D pentagons join together nicely in 3D to make a dodecahedron. 120 of those dodecahedrons unite in 4D space to form the glorious hyper-dodecahedron! 4D manufacturing is very expensive though, so we've made Dodecaplex. Dodecaplex is a physical puzzle...
OK, so you might have seen this puzzle before but the chances are you've only ever tried to solve it in two-dimensional Euclidean space (on a bit of paper). But topology is everything when it comes to the Utilities Problem....
In this set of dice, green tends to beat red, red tends to beat yellow, yellow tends to beat blue, and blue tends to beat purple. So you might think green is the best dice and purple is the worst. But here's the...
All the best maths books from our founders and friends, including bestsellers from the likes of Matt Parker, Steve Mould, Simon Singh and Rob Eastaway.
Most puzzle cubes are solved by making each face one solid colour. The Sub-Cube is different: each face still has a colour, but it's not one continuous piece. Each of the moving pieces of the cube has the colours of...
These hand-painted wooden earrings showcase a variety of excellent mathematical objects and ideas, and are made from high-quality cherry wood with stainless steel posts. These tiny adorable maths earrings make an ideal gift for anyone who likes maths and has...
Check out our mathematically curious dice - like the Non-transitive Grime Dice, The Go First Dice, the Skew Dice and loads more.
From Venn diagrams to wear round your neck, to topological earrings to pop in your ears of genus 1, we've got a selection of mathematical jewellery and pins to decorate yourself (and your loved ones) with.
A #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - signed by the authorExplore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble PiWhy can no two people ever see the same rainbow? What happens when you...
The tangram is a dissection puzzle dating back to 18th century China, and consists of seven geometrical shapes ('tans') which can be arranged into a square, and into a multitude of interesting shapes - including a beautiful heart. This handmade...
In the world of numbers, 220 and 284 are special because they come as a pair. They are a pair because, if you take all the numbers that divide 220 (1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55, 110...
Build your own rod packing structure! The set contains 45 square cross section pencils and 40 hexagon cross section pencils, which can either be built individually into two rod packing structures, or combined together into a superior 7-directional rod packing...
Tantrix is an elegant coffee-table strategy game. Its mix of skill and chance makes it utterly addictive, and the pieces are satisfyingly heavy and tactile. We're personally a big fan of the solitaire puzzles (think of them as like the...
Why buy a card for one specific year when you can buy the same birthday card but generalised! This card works seamlessly for any integer age your friend/colleague/you may be turning. You could even argue* the case that n does...
I turned 100101 this year, and how better to celebrate than with a properly adorned cake. With our multi-pack of candles in the shape of 1s and 0s you can express any age up to 126 (and around 40.7% of ages between...
How many holes does this mug have? This question has caused much debate in the Maths Gear team! In topology, a mug is considered the same as a doughnut, because they both have a hole (you might call it a handle). But...
The rules of Tic-Tac-Toe (aka noughts and crosses) are well known: place a counter on a board with nine squares, and if you can fill a row, column or diagonal with your counters, you win. However, with this variant, the...
These mathematical magnets can be arranged to form poetry. They can also just be arranged to form true mathematical facts, but we’d argue that all maths is poetry. So it’s the same thing. For example: all our triangles takethe sum...
This unusual clock tells the time with a spiral arm. To add a little mathematical beauty, the arm is a Fibonacci spiral, meaning the line moves further from the centre by a factor of 1.618... (the Golden Ratio) for every...
You may have heard of squaring the circle - but what about squaring the square?A square made from smaller squares is known as a squared square. The hard bit is that the sides of each square need to be an...
Extensor pieces use a scissor-like mechanism to extend and contract, and can be connected together to build shapes and structures which can then themselves expand and contract in cool ways. This starter set contains 40 plastic parts (including X and...
The PhiTOP is an elegant scientific, mathematical, artistic and aesthetically pleasing object that brings joy to the eye, hand and mind. A polished aluminium prolate ellipsoid with height-to-diameter ratio Φ ~ 1.618…, also known as a Golden Ellipsoid, the...
With the Drinkulator, you can drink and calculate at the same time, or 'drinkulate' as the cool mathematicians are saying. Use your drinking glass to add, multiply, subtract and divide. The Drinkulator works using the curve of a depressed cubic equation...
Genius Square is a competitive puzzle game. The aim is to complete the square using the nine coloured shapes, once the seven ‘blockers’ have been positioned. There may be times when it seems impossible, but there will ALWAYS be at...
This beautiful enamel pin badge features the recently-discovered 'Einstein' (hat) aperiodic monotile, in all the colours of a beautiful rainbow. The tile can be used to cover an entire infinite plane in such a way that the pattern will never...
This is a Rubik-style twisty puzzle with added maths, created by our very own James Grime. The Grime Cube can be solved two different ways: so that each face is a magic square, or so each face is the same...
No matter how you rotate a circle, its width will always stay the same. So far, so obvious. But if you thought this property was unique to circles, then these shapes of constant width will blow your mind. Check out...
Matt originally made these as a gift to give to a few schools he works with. But word got around and he was inundated with requests to buy them. So here they are. Available to buy.These stickers are themed like...
The brainchild of mathematician and artist Edmund Harriss, Curvahedra gives you all the fun of a good challenging puzzle along with the freedom to explore and create your own unique and beautiful pieces.One set of the Curvahedra Ball contains twelve...
A wide range of Rubik-style twisty puzzles and speed cubes. These may look like toys, but they're serious sporting equipment. Also: fun toys.
While the cube is a wonderful shape, and tessellates 3D space beautifully, it seems a bit boring as a shape for ice to put in your drink. With this π Ice Cube Tray, you can freeze some H2O in the...
T-shirts and accessories galore for the discerning maths fan.
You may have heard mathematicians say that there are only 17 types of wallpaper. Which is a shorthand way of saying, if you print a repeating pattern, it will definitely have 1 of only 17 possible symmetry groups. A symmetry...
Prove your love with our Maths Gear "cos I love you" card. On the front is a heart chart - a heart-shape curve created as your love increases. Inside, the card describes both you and your recipient as a function...
There are a few maths clock options out there for the discerning temporal number fan. But this one is our favourite because it doesn't show you equations for the the standard hours of 1 to 12. No, instead of showing you boring-o'clock it...
Check out how versatile these digital discs are. From science comedy to fascinating maths for kids.
This beautiful clock takes advantage of the fact that if you place a diagonal line on a rotating base, it'll trace out a hyperbola shape in 3D. The hours are marked on the clock, and whichever one the hand is pointing...
365 puzzles in one! Every day, try to arrange these cleverly conceived tiles so that only today's date is left exposed. How how about looking for your birthday, or a special anniversary? There are almost 120 thousand ways the pieces...
Brought to you by Maths Inspiration, this pencil is printed with the a right-truncatable prime number: this means it remains prime no matter how much you sharpen the pencil. 73939133 is the largest prime for which all the initial segments...
Matt Parker is no stranger to maths mistakes and so he sets out to fix them all. At last: a rigorous comedy show not afraid to show its working out. Being wrong has never felt so right.
If you're shopping for a nerd and you're not sure what they'd like, you could always get them a gift card. The gift card details will be emailed to you immediately so you can print them out as a super-last-minute...
