Volume 1, Issue 4 (October 1997)

• The myopic washerwoman: Emmy Noether, probably the best woman mathie of all time!
• The most touching story of all mathematics: Ramanujan. Need I say more?
• In his own way: Taniyama is not very well known, but his story kept me thinking a while.
  
  
• Why is there no Nobel Prize in Mathematics?
• Magic squares How to create odd order squares.
• The mathematics of money clubs A brief analysis of those scandalous pyramid investment schemes.
• The mathematics of nightclubs A very gentle introduction to complexity theory.
• The latest Diana theory People have already written in loving or hating this.
• Why bother? An introduction to proofs.
  
  
• Circle Theorems: A sublime poem from a schoolteacher, wife and mother.
• Life at Zimaths: This is not meant to be a serious article... :)
• On the light side: Our usual collection of jokes. Get your coffee ready.