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What's so special about special relativity?Most of us are aware that Einstein proved that everything was relative ... or something like that. But we go no further, believing that we aren't clever enough to understand what he did. Hardeep Aiden sets out to persuade readers that they too can understand an idea as elegantly simple as it was original.
Editorial

Stirring the electoral soup
Outer space: The rule of two

Infinities are tricky things and have perplexed mathematicians and philosophers for thousands of years.
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Chaos in the brainSaying 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.
Cracking codes, part IIIn the second of two articles, Artur Ekert visits the strange subatomic world and investigates the possibility of unbreakable quantum cryptography.
Genius, stupidity and genius againTope Omitola looks back at the tragically short but inspiringly productive life of a true original: Evariste Galois.
The magical mathematics of musicAccording 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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Brave young worldsExtrasolar planets have been grabbing the headlines
Editorial, Maths education
  • Wisdom from above - An intriguing debate in the House of Lords on standards in maths education
  • Readers' corner - How many computers does the world need?
Outer space: Monkey business
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