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Chris Bishop is a second year Mathematics with Economics student at UCL with a keen interest in applying mathematics in optimisation problems in real-world scenarios.

Page 3 model: The potato Earth
How Kelvin estimated the age of the Earth by thinking about a baked potato
Mathematical Adventures!
We review the first of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
In conversation with Eugenia Cheng
We chat to the author of the best-selling book How to Bake Pi and pioneer of maths on YouTube
Going once, going twice… game theory?
A quick look at how to get the most bang for your buck the next time you're in a bidding war
Is it possible to reach absolute zero?
After 100 years, a key postulate of the third law of thermodynamics has been proven. We meet Lluis Masanes, one of the researchers responsible.
Puzzles, Issue 02
These puzzles appeared in Issue 02 of the magazine.