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List by Author: Marianne Freiberger
Phillip Griffiths: Beauty, truth and being practical 
The winner of the 2014 Chern medal tells us about beauty in maths, the twists and turns of mathematical history, and his work for the maths community.
What is information? 
Books, brains, computers — information comes in many guises. But what exactly is information?
Play to win with Nim 
In the game of Nim one player always has a winning strategy — it depends on an unusual way of adding numbers.
The power of good questions 
Asking good questions is an important part of doing maths. But what makes a good question?
The art gallery problem 
Sometimes a piece of maths can be so neat and elegant, it makes you want to shout "eureka!" even if you haven't produced it yourself. One of our favourite examples is the art gallery problem.
Playing billiards on doughnuts 
The paths of billiard balls on a table can be long and complicated. To understand them mathematicians use a beautiful trick, turning tables into surfaces.
Life after the Higgs boson 
We might have found the Higgs boson, but the search for new physics at the LHC isn't over yet.
Chaos on the billiard table 
If you thought that billiards was a harmless game to play in the pub, think again. It's a breeding ground for chaos!
Polar power 
Like spirals and flowers? Then you'll love polar coordinates and the pretty pictures they allow you to draw!
Satanic science 
There's no doubt that information is power, but could it be converted into physical energy you could heat a room with or run a machine on? In the 19th century James Clerk Maxwell invented a hypothetical being — a "demon" — that seemed to be able to do just that. The problem was that the little devil blatantly contravened the laws of physics. What is Maxwell's demon and how was it resolved?