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The wonderful cover of issue 14

Chalkdust issue 14 cover

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.

Penguins: the emperors of fluid dynamics
Sam Harris looks at how Pingu and his friends can stay cosy
In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
You don’t need permission to be a great mathematician!
Nira Chamberlain, one of the UK's top 100 scientists, shares his experiences as a black mathematician.
The n days of Christmas
Get into the ChristMATHS spirit with the maths behind the popular Christmas carol!
What’s your favourite function? Part II
We have received loads of feedback from people telling us their favourite function
The perils of p-values
David Colquhoun explains why more discoveries are false than you thought