Helen-desk - Chalkdust

Helen tries to remember her password

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.
Maths Tricks to Blow Your Mind
We review the fifth of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
How to be the least popular American president
Francisco Berkemeier takes a look at the mathematics behind elections, and the Electoral College, in the United States of America.
Book of the Year 2019
We announce the winner of this coveted prize
The Buckingham π theorem and the atomic bomb
Diego Carranza tells you to stop worrying and dimensionally analyse the bomb
Page 3 model: Traffic flow
Ever been stuck in motorway traffic which seems to have no reason? A model for traffic flow explains why.