virginia-state - Chalkdust

Bea is a PhD student in the computer science department at UCL. Since joining the team she’s found that the other editors find the phrase ‘it needs more white space’ very triggering.

In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
The Maths of Life and Death
We review the sevnth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
Baking a Menger sponge sponge
Sam Hartburn bakes your favourite fractal
Why I hate an empty bus stop
How the queue size tells you when the next bus is coming
The mathematics of tea-making
When-to-add-milk confusion and other related matters
Reinventing 2D: What a difference a matrix makes
How derivatives of matrices are being used in your day-to-day lives