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Infinities are tricky things and have perplexed mathematicians and philosophers for thousands of years.
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The magical mathematics of music
According to Shakespeare, music is the food of love. But Jeffrey Rosenthal follows Galileo's observation that the entire universe is written in the language of mathematics - and that includes music.
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Genius, stupidity and genius again
Tope Omitola looks back at the tragically short but inspiringly productive life of a true original: Evariste Galois.
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In the second of two articles, Artur Ekert visits the strange subatomic world and investigates the possibility of unbreakable quantum cryptography.
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Chaos in the brain
Saying that someone is a chaotic thinker might seem like an insult - but, according to Lewis Dartnell, it could be that the mathematical phenomenon of chaos is a crucial part of what makes our brains work.