beat - Chalkdust

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.

In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
Why Study Mathematics?
We review the fifth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
Top Ten: Maths-themed days out
The definitive chart of the best day trips
Playing billiards with cue-bics
Yuliya Nesterova misses all the pockets, but does manage to solve some cubics
Constructing a sphere with 455 cups
Paper cups do not follow a hexagonal pattern and the cones do not meet at a single point, but they do make a gigantic sphere
How to make: Platonic solids from tube maps
Impress your friends! As presented in our Talkdust show.