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Features
In conversation with Christopher Lillicrap
Adam Townsend and Clare Wallace talk to the children’s programme creator about writing for younger generations
Microbe wars
May the bending and twisting forces be with Hannah Woods
Gearing up for the track
Mats Vermeeren gets involved in involutes
How many tiles does this game have?
Peter Rowlett gets in a tangle ... KNOT!
Let’s build a prime detector!
Bror Hjemgaard gets out his numerical toolbox
Significant figures: Julia Robinson
Ashleigh Ratcliffe tells the story of another hidden woman in mathematics.
A tale of $n$ cities
Donovan Young finds every connection wherever he goes.
Don’t connect four
David Budd gets carried away joining the dots. Resistance is few-tile.
Fun
The big argument: m/n or n/m?
Which is best?
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 22
Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
Prize crossnumber, Issue 22
Win £100 of MathsGear goodies with our famously fiendish crossnumber
Dear Dirichlet, Issue 22
Rhythm, rivers and rises pollute the prof's postbag this issue
Cryptic crossword, issue 22
Can you solve it?
Moving #1
The first instalment of our new comic
Would you rather?
Some difficult dilemmas to ponder
Top Ten: mathematical pets
The undisputed top ten mathematical pets this season
My favourite Tom Lehrer song
We asked the team for their favourites
Which season are you?
Summer or winter? Or one of the others? Take our quiz to find out
What’s your American high school clique?
Find out by using our simple flowchart
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