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- Beauty is truth, truth beauty - The aesthetics of mathematics
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Finding order in chaos
All of science can be regarded as motivated by the search for rules behind the randomness of nature, and attempts to make prediction in the presence of uncertainty. Chris Budd describes the search for pattern and order in chaos.
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A conversation with Freeman Dyson
The 2003 Dirac Lecturer, distinguished physicist Freeman Dyson, tells Plus why he is an optimist, what makes life interesting and why old-fashioned maths is what you need for physics.
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Imaging maths - Inside the Klein bottle
In the first of a new series 'Imaging Maths', Plus takes an illustrated tour of an extraordinary geometric construction: the Klein bottle.
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Beckham in his prime number
The number chosen by the England captain for his Real Madrid shirt is rich in mysterious connotations. But mathematician Marcus du Sautoy backs a new theory to explain why Beckham has plumped for number 23.
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Puzzle
Mixing it up
More milk with your tea, or is that tea with your milk?
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Could maths have caught Shipman?
Harold Shipman could have been detected earlier by monitoring the death rates of his patients.
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Open wide...
Mathematics shows that open source software beats closed source software in the race to fix bugs.
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Dancing with Einstein
The Institute of Physics and Rambert Dance Company are planning to celebrate the theories of Einstein through dance.
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Mission to Mars
The geometry says that now is the right time for a mission to Mars.