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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.

Oπnions: In defence of toy models
Calum gets on his soap box about toy models
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 skyrmions
Surfing on wavelets
Johannes Huber explores the maths behind how image compression works.
What’s hot and what’s not, issue 08
Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
Prize crossnumber, Issue 07
Win £100 of Maths Gear goodies by solving our famously fiendish crossnumber

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Oπnions: In defence of toy models

Cryptic wordsearch, Issue 19

On the cover: skyrmions

Surfing on wavelets

What’s hot and what’s not, issue 08

Prize crossnumber, Issue 07