Author: Marc West

The butterfly flap felt across the world
The father of chaos theory dies
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Country road, take me home
Road colouring problem solved
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One L of a discovery
The first third degree transcendental L-function
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Beyond Measure
Conversations across science and art
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Career interview: Financial Engineer
Rupa Patel never wanted to be a financial engineer — she wanted to be a maths teacher. However, her skills in conveying difficult mathematical concepts to others, as well as a love of maths, enticed her into the exciting field of financial mathematics. Now she models risk, travels Europe and occasionally finds time to herself to examine the maths of her job in detail.
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To generalise or specialise?
Generalists can thrive in a world of specialists
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The Master of Mathematics
World-wide competition to find the master of mathematics
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2008 Crafoord Prize
One of science's biggest prizes awarded for research into strings and knots
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Unjamming Traffic
Why traffic jams occur for seemingly no reason
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How the Universe began
Cambridge celebrates 25 years since the first very early Universe workshop
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