attractor - Chalkdust

The Lorenz attractor is perhaps the best-known example of a strange attractor

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 $\square$?
Closing the Gap
A review of Vicky Neale's new book about the quest to understand prime numbers.
On the cover: dragon curves
Read more about the fire-breathing curves that appear on the cover of issue 05
New largest prime number discovered!
Amaze your friends with our top facts about the new largest known prime number