Article Editorial Happy birthday Plus! — celebrating 10 years of bringing mathematics to life Plus 10 — what were the greatest mathematical advances in the last decade?
Article Editorial What is maths for? - What do we hope people will know after studying maths at school? New Plus posters! - Find out how you can get hold of your own copy of our brilliant new poster! Specially for students - This issue of Plus brings you the first of an occasional series expecially for use in the classroom.
Article Editorial Optional maths - should students be able to give up maths at age 14? Outer space - In what will now be a regular feature, mathematician and cosmologist John D. Barrow shares some maths that's amused and intrigued him. Readers' corner- More Strange activities for last issue's Ship of Fools!
Article Editorial Information overload - how mathematicians are helping us all to make sense of the vast amount of information now available to us Sum problems - can you be good at mathematics without being good at arithmetic? Readers' corner - Meet Mandy, the cuddly Mandelbrot set!