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Sam is a maths student at Durham University where he hosts
Chalkboard Ultra podcast and spends too much time thinking about the Standard Model and Mexican hats. If he’s not pestering Adam then he can definitely be found playing the keytar in a funk band completely unrelated to quantum field theory.

A symmetric universe
Sam Kay reflects on building a universe
The big argument: Should we write another issue?
How much barrel is left to scrape?
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
How to be more Pythagoras
Max Hughes investigates how channelling your inner Pythagorean may help you to become the next big lifestyle influencer
On √2
Yiannis Petridis connects square roots and continued fractions
Review: Mathematical T-shirt
A summer essential or an embarrassment risk on the streets of Ibiza?