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Andrew Wiles: what does it feel like to do maths? 
We were very excited to meet Andrew Wiles this summer! In this interview and videos he tells us what it was like to prove Fermat's Last Theorem, and what it feels like to do maths.
Maths in a minute: Fourier series 
How the heat equation inspired the maths that powers the entertainment industry.
Bach and the musical Möbius strip 
Discover (and listen to) the Möbius strip that's hidden within one of Bach's famous canons.
The shape of things to come: part i 
This year's Nobel Prize for Physics brings together the physics of materials with one of our favourite areas of maths – topology.
Watching the cosmos 
When it comes to the entire cosmos, we humans are incredibly small and insignificant. But that's precisely why we need to take ourselves into account when thinking about the Universe. Find out why.
Watch and learn 
A brief introduction to the strange theory of quantum mechanics and how it appears to afford a special role to observers.
Maths in a minute: Maths and navigation 
How the need to locate your location at sea led to some interesting mathematics.
Taming big data 
A new institute on the maths of information has just been launched at the Faculty of Mathematics in Cambridge.
Maths in a minute: The square root of 2 is irrational 
Here's one of the most elegant proofs in all of maths. Rejoice in its simplicity!
Maths in a minute: Maths and communication 
A quick look at the role of mathematics in communication — from making and breaking codes to making sure messages arrive intact.
