Ten of the greatest scientific conundrums

How does David Beckham bend it and what shape is our universe? Ten of the greatest scientific conundrums

By MARCUS du SAUTOY - Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford

1. HOW DOES BECKHAM BEND IT?
2. WHAT SHAPE IS OUR UNIVERSE?
3. THE TRAVELLING SALESMAN PROBLEM
4. IS THERE A PATTERN IN THE PRIMES?
5. HOW CAN WE CRACK SECURITY CODES?
6. WHERE IS THE NEXT MERSENNE PRIME?
7. ARE THERE INFINITE FIBONACCI PRIMES?
8. WILL IT BE SUNNY NEXT WEEK?
9. WHAT SHAPE ARE BUBBLES IN BEER?
10. HOW MANY SYMMETRICAL OBJECTS EXIST?


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