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This page is an attempt to bring together true stories where real mathematics made a real difference

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What use is Maths? Mr Barton's Maths
Beating cholera in 1853, London +plus magazine
Roberto Carlos's wonder goal BBC
Code breaking National Cipher Challenge
Computer graphics - Gollum +plus magazine
Fibonacci Ron Knott University of Surrey
The use of diagrams BBC
What bananas tell us about radiation BBC
The risk of mobile phone use BBC
The youth unemployment mystery BBC
Lucky rituals BBC
72 BBC
Cancer clusters BBC

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The idea for this comes from the National Cipher Challenge - well worth a look!