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Modelling nature with fractals

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Student interview - David Ruddock

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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.

Maths in a minute

Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

Error correcting codes

Learn about magical mathematical methods for fixing errors on the fly.
Arithmetic billiards

Need to find the least common multiple or greatest common divisor of two numbers? A billiard table of the right proportions holds the answers!
A very useful pandemic

Cambridge researchers, the BBC, and thousands of citizen scientists have created a revolutionary infectious disease data set.
Genetics: Nature's digital code

Is nature using digital tools to deal with genetic information?
The two envelopes problem solved

Here's a resolution for one of probability theory's most famous paradoxes.

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