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Articles by Emily Maw

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  • On the cover: Islamic geometry

    On the cover: Islamic geometry

    23 October 2019
    Explaining the mathematics of tiling, and the cover of Issue 10

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Chalkdust is published by Chalkdust Magazine, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. ISSN 2059-3805 (Print). ISSN 2059-3813 (Online).