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Maths takes flight

Soon you will be able to step inside a mathematical space and experience the beauty and importance of maths!
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Moss blows smoke rings

It's not just evil villians who can blow smoke rings, it seems peat moss has been doing it for millennia.
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Births and deaths in fluid chaos

Describing the motion of fluids is a huge and unsolved mathematical problem. There are equations that seem to describe it well, but their complete solution is way beyond reach. But could there be a simpler method? The physicist Jerry Gollub tells Plus about a new discovery which combines experiment with sophisticated maths.

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Career interview: Aerodynamicist

Plus talks to Christine Hogan, programmer, sysadmin and author, now studying aerodynamics and hoping to become a member of a Formula One team.
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Old problem, new spin

Have you ever noticed what happens when you spin a coin on a table? As the coin starts to fall over and roll on its edge, its spin gets faster and faster until it suddenly stops altogether.