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Barry Phipps tells Plus how he bridges the gap between the arts and sciences as an exhibition curator.

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June 2008
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You've probably seen pictures of the famed Mandelbrot set and its mysterious cousins, the Julia sets. In this article Robert L. Devaney explores the maths behind these beauties and shows that they're loaded with mathematical meaning.

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Some news on Julia sets

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A mathematical model evaluates responses to epidemics

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