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Nora is a master’s student at UCL, interested in applied maths. When not studying, you can (almost always) find her reading.

Significant figures: Sofya Kovalevskaya
Nora Koparan tells the story of the first female professor of mathematics
How to make sci-fi fans angry
Follow these simple steps to frustrate anyone who ever dreamed of using their light saber on the USS Enterprise
Page 3 model: The potato Earth
How Kelvin estimated the age of the Earth by thinking about a baked potato
How to make: Ecki the polytope
Make your own Ecki
Christmas conundrum #1
Solve this and you could be the lucky winner of a Chalkdust T-shirt
Fractograms
Hugh Duncan explores the hidden patterns of fractions