Being a Professional Mathematician   /     Nira Chamberlain: "You don't need anybody’s permission to be a great mathematician"

Description

Nira Chamberlain is a mathematical modelling consultant. He talks about: His career (at time 0:10) The skills mathematical consultants need (1:37) Professional bodies and Chartered status (2:22) Doing a part-time PhD and working the “Nairobi shift” (3:53) The obstacles he has faced (5:03) the joys of being a professional mathematician (6:42) More information, worksheets and other resources for the undergraduate mathematics curriculum: www.beingamathematician.org

Subtitle
Contemporary mathematicians
Duration
07:08
Publishing date
2012-05-31 12:00
Contributors
  Tony Mann and Chris Good
author  
Enclosures
http://www.beingamathematician.org/MP3s/Chamberlain.mp3
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