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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.

In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
Who is the best England manager?
Paddy Moore levels the score
Puzzles about partitions
Tricks and puzzles that provide an introduction to the world of partitions
Christmas puzzles
Something for you to solve during the post-Christmas lull
Why is it so hard to pull two phone books apart?
Take two phone books and interleave all their pages one by one. Now try and pull them apart by their spines. Impossible, right?
Top Ten: Mathematicians’ haircuts
The undisputed Top Ten Mathematicians' Haircuts!