trek - Chalkdust

(In James Doohan’s voice:) “Captain, I cannae get ethical approval for beaming you up.”

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.

Notched edge cards
Joe Celko makes a database from card and knitting needles
Ferm-ant’s principle
Tyler Helmuth has lost his ant-vocado
In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
How to cheat at cards
Kevin Houston teaches us how to deal ourselves the best hand
On the cover: Islamic geometry
Explaining the mathematics of tiling, and the cover of Issue 10
Unknown pleasures: pulsars and the first data revolution
The scientific story behind the cover of Joy Division's treasured debut