Danny Brown: How about physically making something?
Danny Brown: How about physically making something?
Danny Brown is a mathematics teacher at Thomas Tallis School in Greenwich.He talks about: is he a "mathematician"? (a... Read more
31 May 2012
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8mins
Thomas Harriot (1560 - 1621)
Thomas Harriot (1560 - 1621)
Jackie Stedall talks about Thomas Harriot, a notable mathematician who lived in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth... Read more
31 May 2012
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12mins
Rosemary Dyson: "A very very very applied mathematician"
Rosemary Dyson: "A very very very applied mathematician"
Rosemary Dyson is a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the University of Birmingham and part of the Systems Science for ... Read more
31 May 2012
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16mins
James Joseph Sylvester (1814 - 1897): "An outsider breaking into the established societal norms"
James Joseph Sylvester (1814 - 1897): "An outsider breaking into the established societal norms"
Karen Parshall talks about the nineteenth-century mathematician James Joseph Sylvester. We learn about: Sylvester's f... Read more
31 May 2012
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17mins
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Nira Chamberlain: "You don't need anybody’s permission to be a great mathematician"
Nira Chamberlain: "You don't need anybody’s permission to be a great mathematician"
Nira Chamberlain is a mathematical modelling consultant. He talks about: His career (at time 0:10) The skills math... Read more
31 May 2012
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7mins
Florence Nightingale: "What use were mathematics to a married woman?"
Florence Nightingale: "What use were mathematics to a married woman?"
Noel-Ann Bradshaw talks about Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910), the first woman to be elected a Fellow of the Royal St... Read more
31 May 2012
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6mins
Gwyneth Stallard: "That moment when suddenly things fit together"
Gwyneth Stallard: "That moment when suddenly things fit together"
Gwyneth Stallard is Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University. She talks about defining her profession (at... Read more
31 May 2012
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19mins
Sue Merchant: "An ability to empathise with the client"
Sue Merchant: "An ability to empathise with the client"
Sue Merchant is an independent management consultant. She is a past President of the Operational Research Society and Vi... Read more
31 May 2012
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13mins
Mason Porter: "I don't usually prove theorems"
Mason Porter: "I don't usually prove theorems"
Mason Porter is an applied mathematician who is a University Lecturer and Tutor at the University of Oxford. He talks ab... Read more
31 May 2012
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16mins
Emilie du Chatelet: "A normal woman and a good scientist"
Emilie du Chatelet: "A normal woman and a good scientist"
Patricia Fara, historian of science at the University of Cambridge, talks about Emilie du Chatelet (1706 - 1749), mathem... Read more
31 May 2012
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10mins
