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Enric is a PhD student at Imperial and UCL. He works mostly with singularities in differential geometry, AKA when smooth things become pointy. When he’s not in his office, you can usually find him cooking or playing board games.

Significant figures: Julia Robinson
Ashleigh Ratcliffe tells the story of another hidden woman in mathematics.
In conversation with Jens Marklof
Bethany Clarke and Enric Solé-Farré chat to the professor and new president of the London Mathematical Society about academia, access and awards
Oπnions: Should I share my code?
Scroggs debates whether sharing truly is caring
Surname extinction
Why do surnames die out? We take a look at the Galton-Watson process for modelling the extinction of surnames to answer the question: 'When will we all be Smiths?'
In conversation with Marcus du Sautoy
We chat to Marcus about science communication, teaching mathematics in schools, and how to make group theory sound sexy.
Slide rules: the early calculators
When slide rules used to rule... find out why they still do