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July/August 2015
There is a link between a great Jewish musical and the search for a historic mathematical proof
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January/February 2015
Alexander Grothendieck was a genius who reshaped mathematics but then withdrew from society
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September 2014
New mathematics prizes show the public that the subject is constantly renewing itself with new ideas
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April 2014
An extraordinary cuneiform tablet has provided a mine of information about pre-biblical flood legends
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