The 2011 Plus advent calendar

Submitted by Rachel on November 30, 2011

Get into the festive spirit with our Plus advent calendar! Behind each door is a Plus favourite. Find out what's behind today's door...

Stuff happens: From finance to fundamental physics

Current physical theories suggest that beautiful symmetries underly the fundamental particles and forces of nature. We describe those symmetries using an analogy from economics, and even rediscover the famous Higgs boson.
Calculating the multiverse

If there's a multiverse, then how many of its component universes are like our own?
Five of Euler's best

Five favourite problems inspired by Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.
There may be more than one of you

The possibility that there might be many parallel worlds has just become a little more likely.
Introducing Andrew Wiles

In these two short videos the legendary Andrew Wiles talks about what it was like to prove Fermat's Last Theorem, and what it feels like to do maths.
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