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Synchronised swimming
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The Abel Prize 2019
Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck has been awarded the Abel Prize 2019 for her pioneering work in geometry, analysis, mathematical physics and more. The Abel Prize is awarded every year for outstanding scientific work in mathematics. Uhlenbeck is the first woman to receive it in its 16-year history.
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Saving whales using Pythagoras
One of the greatest threats to whales is being struck by ships. Find out how Pythagoras' theorem can help avoid this. -
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Maths in a minute: Flipping pancakes
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Our theory of very nearly everything: gravity
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Our theory of very nearly everything: quantum fields
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Our theory of very nearly everything: matter and forces
What is everything made of? In the second article in this series, Elias Gårding reveals the equation that captures (almost) all the known laws of nature.