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Below are the contents of the current issue of iSquared magazine (Issue 4, Summer 2008). The menu below right allows you to navigate through past issues of iSquared and view their contents.

Contents of Issue 4:

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Chemotaxis: How bacteria move

By Nikita Vladimirov

Why mathematical modelling is useful for understanding chemotaxis, a mechanism used by bacteria to enable them to travel up chemical gradients towards nutrient-rich regions.

Cover Story: We're not all prisoners in here

By Chris Gaffney

How players can benefit from forming coalitions in cooperative game theory.

Rheology: The science of deformation and flow

By Tim Reis

The mathematics behind some of the strangest phenomena in materials science, including the "miracle" of walking on custard.

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Mathematical greats

The life and tragic early death of Alan Turing, who is famous for founding the field of computer science and for his contributions to British cryptanalysis during World War II.