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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 $\square$?
Secrets, surveys and statistics
Paula Rowińska uses mathematics to answer some awkward questions
Christmas conundrum #2
Solve this and you could be the lucky winner of a signed copy of The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus
Chalkdust Issue 05 coming 7 March
Free launch party, 7.15pm. Come along! Free copies of Chalkdust, free pizza, and buy your own Chalkdust T-shirt.