There are a lot of interesting web-pages out there about material in SMB, covering many of the topics in the course and much more. Here is a selection: Mathematics in various contexts - links to interesting individuals and aspects of mathematics will appear here.
  • Biographies of just about every mathematician imaginable
  • Link delving into some of the physics behind your guitar
  • Maths to describe form in biological organisms
    A nice description of just some of the work of D'Arcy Thomson.
  • On growth and form
    Why do living things and physical phenomena take the form they do? D'Arcy Thompson's classic On Growth and Form looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. Analysing biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects, this historic work, first published in 1917, has also become renowned for the sheer poetry of its descriptions. A great scientist sensitive to the fascinations and beauty of the natural world tells of jumping fleas and slipper limpets; of buds and seeds; of bees' cells and rain drops; of the potter's thumb and the spider's web; of a film of soap and a bubble of oil; of a splash of a pebble in a pond.