In conversation with Cédric Villani We feel underdressed for Breakfast at Villani's

Cardioids in coffee cups Staring at your coffee, you wonder whether the light reflecting in cup really is a cardioid curve...

The mathematics of Maryam Mirzakhani We take a proper look at her mathematical accomplishments

Biography of Sophie Bryant A biography of Sophie Bryant

Geographic profiling Murder, maths, malaria and mammals

Roots: Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal was driven to begin the mechanisation of mathematics by his father's struggles with an accounts book in 17th century France.

On the cover: Euclidean Egg III Euclidean Egg III makes the cover of issue 06!

Pretty pictures in the complex plane Contemplate the beauty of the Julia and Mandelbrot sets and an elegant mathematical explanation of them