%0 Journal Article
%A Chapman, S. J.
%D 1996
%F miis:4
%J New Scientist,   June, 38-41 (1996)
%N 22
%P 38-41
%T Have we got problems for you
%U http://www.maths-in-industry.org/miis/4/
%V 2035
%X A change is as good as a rest for an Oxford mathematician who hardly ever gets to see the practical results of his hard labour. So Jon Chapman leapt at the chance to join a team of other academic escapees for a delicious week of grappling with the kind of problem that drives industry mad. He kept a diary of what happened as the group hung out in pubs, restaurants and lecture halls in search of solutions