6
Plus Magazine

Computer games and cinema special effects owe much of their realism to the study of fractals. Martin Turner takes you on a journey from the motion of a microscopic particle to the creation of imaginary moonscapes.
Modelling nature with fractals
Computer games and cinema special effects owe much of their realism to the study of fractals. Martin Turner takes you on a journey from the motion of a microscopic particle to the creation of imaginary moonscapes.
Computer games and cinema special effects owe much of their realism to the study of fractals. Martin Turner takes you on a journey from the motion of a microscopic particle to the creation of imaginary moonscapes.
Letters
Why stop?
The PASS Maths "magazine" is great! Why did publishing stop with the May '98 issue?
Jon Revelos
It didn't, PASS Maths is still going strong. We publish once per term: January, May and September. A new editorial team will be publishing the January 1999 issue, see "Time to change" in the issue 7 Editorial.
Editorial
- Roll-over malevolence
- Time to change
- Understanding science
Geometer's corner
In the first instalment of a series of articles on the use of Geometry software at A-level, Paul Blythin of Peter Symonds' College takes us through his experiences with Geometer's Sketchpad.

Mathematical mysteries: the three body problem
On June 25th 1998 the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory known as SOHO, a small spacecraft that monitors the sun, went missing. An error in the instructions given to it from ground control left it spinning out of control. However, there is a glimmer of hope.
Puzzle No. 6
Can you collect the whole set?

Career interview - Electronic engineer

Pilgrims, planes and postage stamps

The origins of fractals
