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Issue 25 May 2003 In what will now be a regular feature, mathematician and cosmologist John D. Barrow shares some maths that's amused and intrigued him. See everything from Issue 25	Issue 24 March 2003 You will often hear it said that we live in the "Information Age" - but are we drowning in this sea of information? And, can you be a mathematician without being good at sums? Tell us what you think! See everything from Issue 24
Issue 23 January 2003 You will often hear it said that we live in the "Information Age" - but are we drowning in this sea of information? And, can you be a mathematician without being good at sums? Tell us what you think! See everything from Issue 23	Issue 22 November 2002 Among all the coverage of celebrities' love lives, where is the news that counts? Plus examines maths in the media. See everything from Issue 22
Issue 21 September 2002 Robert Hunt worries about the decreasing numbers of mathematics students at UK universities. See everything from Issue 21	Issue 20 May 2002 In this issue we explore footballing probabilities with John Haigh, why your computer doesn't run like clockwork, and a hair-raising paradox. See everything from Issue 20
Issue 19 March 2002 Is forensic evidence always reliable? Are we all born with a basic understanding of mathematics? And why have humans evolved to show kindness when it does not always benefit them? This issue reveals all this and more. See everything from Issue 19	Issue 18 January 2002 In this issue we explore a shape with one face and one edge, collisions between black holes, the father of all geometry, and we celebrate Stephen Hawking's 60th birthday. See everything from Issue 18
Issue 17 November 2001 Why does traffic in the other lane always move faster? Why can't some objects be measured? And how can we predict the best times of day to travel by train? This issue of Plus reveals the answers. See everything from Issue 17	Issue 16 September 2001 What colour is my hat? Why do we always seem to recognise faces? And what happens when you join up the midpoints of all of the sides of a triangle? Explore all this and more in this issue of Plus. See everything from Issue 16