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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Cryptic wordsearch, Issue 19
Can you solve it?On the cover: skyrmions
Sven Bjarke Gudnason and Calum Ross introduce you to the wonderful world of skyrmionsWhat can you do with this space?
Nobody could draw a space filling curve by hand, but that doesn’t stop Andrew StaceyTupper’s self-referential formula
A hideous equation that hides beautiful images, and much (much) more besides...Crossnumbers and cross products
A crossnumber clue takes us plunging headfirst towards projective geometryCan you solve these puzzles?
While we work on issue 2