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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
$The Newton–Raphson fractal$
The Newton–Raphson fractal
James Christian and George Jensen zoom in, out, in, out, and tell us what it's really all about
The pipe singularity
In the Aztec city of Atzlan, the scientist Remotep makes a revolutionary discovery
Dear Dirichlet Valentine’s Day special
Agony uncle Professor Dirichlet answers your personal problems this Valentine's Day.

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Oπnions: In defence of toy models

Cryptic wordsearch, Issue 19

On the cover: skyrmions

The Newton–Raphson fractal

The pipe singularity

Dear Dirichlet Valentine’s Day special