Tom Rivlin, Author at Chalkdust

Tom is a PhD student in the UCL Physics Department, simulating atomic collisions. He likes to think that what he does 'technically counts as maths.'

On the cover: Hydrogen orbitals
18 October 2018
Find out more about the weird shapes on the cover of Issue 08
Integration: It’s more than the sum of its parts
4 June 2018
Defining what exactly an integral is leads naturally to an explanation of how to handle approximating them.
Machine learning 101
12 March 2018
Start your quest to conquer the planet with this introduction to the wonderful world of machine learning
The n days of Christmas
1 December 2016
Get into the ChristMATHS spirit with the maths behind the popular Christmas carol!