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Phil Trinh discovers how maths helps solve the mysteries of flight and love.

José-Manuel Rey revisits a scene of the film A beautiful Mind.

Neil Pieprzak tells the fascinating story of Andrew Wiles who, with intense devotion and in secret, proved a deceptively simple-looking conjecture that had defeated mathematicians for almost 400 years.

Liz Newton finds that having a small brain doesn't stop you doing great things.

Peter Macgregor explores the beautiful world of the infinite.

Alan Turing is the father of computer science and contributed significantly to the WW2 effort, but his life came to a tragic end. Stefan Kopieczek explores his story.

Josefina Alvarez describes the workings of the most famous search engine of them all. You'll need some linear algebra for this one, but it's worth the while!