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Prize crossnumber, Issue 18
Can you solve it?
The birth of the Fields medal
Who is behind the so-called Nobel prize of mathematics? Gerda Grase investigates.
The Hidden Half
We review the ninth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
Here Come the Numbers
We review the fourth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
Roots: Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal was driven to begin the mechanisation of mathematics by his father's struggles with an accounts book in 17th century France.
How to make: a hyperbolic plane
A great way to waste a lot of paper