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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.

Making a Möbius strip
Sophie Bleau chops up, unravels, and squeezes the torus into shape
In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
On conditional probability: Cards, Covid, and Crazy Rich Asians
Madeleine Hall explores the sometimes counterintuitive consequences of conditional probability to our everyday lives.
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