gnomes - Chalkdust

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Calum Ross

Calum is a lecturer in physics at Edge Hill University where he studies topological solitons and enjoys talking about maths and physics to anyone who will listen. He can often be found on the side of a mountain or out on a bike, talking to himself about solitons.

Oπnions: In defence of toy models
Calum gets on his soap box about toy models
Significant figures: Sofya Kovalevskaya
Nora Koparan tells the story of the first female professor of mathematics
Cryptic wordsearch, Issue 19
Can you solve it?
On the cover: skyrmions
Sven Bjarke Gudnason and Calum Ross introduce you to the wonderful world of skyrmions
Short Cuts: Maths
We review the sixth of this year's nominees for Book of the Year
Why self-service machines give such awful change
Unexpected item in bagging areAAAARGGGHH here's 90p change in pennies