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David-desk

Published 22 November 2023 at 1024 × 768 in A day in the life: engineering

We like your keyboard, David

Calum is a lecturer in physics at Edge Hill University where he studies topological solitons and enjoys talking about maths and physics to anyone who will listen. He can often be found on the side of a mountain or out on a bike, talking to himself about solitons.

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