Being a Professional Mathematician
Audio files from the project Being a Professional Mathematician, which produced worksheets and other resources for the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. www.beingamathematician.org
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- Audio files from the project Being a Professional Mathematician, which produced worksheets and other resources for the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. www.beingamathematician.org
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2017-11-28 20:12
- last episode published
- 2012-05-31 12:00
- Contributors
- Tony Mann and Chris Good
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- Number of Episodes
- 13
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| 2012-05-31 | Danny Brown is a mathematics teacher at Thomas Tallis School in Greenwich. He talks about: is he a "mathematician"? (at time 0:21) support and professional networks (1:32) the value of social media (2:38) Twitter (3:09) his mathemat... |
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| 2012-05-31 |
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 mathematical consultants need (1:37) Professional bodies and Chartered status (2:22) Doing a part-time PhD and working the “N... |
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| 2012-05-31 | Rosemary Dyson is a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the University of Birmingham and part of the Systems Science for Health initiative. She applies the principles of mathematical modelling to mechanical problems in biological and industrial contexts... |
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| 2012-05-31 | Peter Furness, consultant in decision analytics, modelling and data mining, talks about his career. He discusses: how he describes himself (at time 0:08) the image of mathematics in his field of commercial consultancy (1:23) the skills req... |
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| 2012-05-31 | Jay Jobanputra talks about his career as a mathematician in the investment banking sector in the UK and abroad. He now works part-time in order to have time to develop an educational product to motivate children at a critical time in their mathematical... |
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| 2012-05-31 | Sue Merchant is an independent management consultant. She is a past President of the Operational Research Society and Vice-President elect of the International Federation of OR Societies (IFORS). "Factors essential to survival as a working mum include ... |
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| 2012-05-31 | Mason Porter is an applied mathematician who is a University Lecturer and Tutor at the University of Oxford. He talks about his work (at time 0:09) being a mathematician (1:04) how mathematics compares with other disciplines (1:35) app... |
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| 2012-05-31 |
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 time 0:29) teaching at the Open University (0:44) research in pure mathematics (1:40) the characteristics of a mathem... |
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| 2012-05-31 | Jackie Stedall talks about Thomas Harriot, a notable mathematician who lived in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. She talks about Harriot's mathematics (at time 0:16) Was Harriot a "professional mathematician"? (0:42) Harr... |
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| 2012-05-31 | Patricia Fara, historian of science at the University of Cambridge, talks about Emilie du Chatelet (1706 - 1749), mathematician, translator and populariser of Newton's work in France. We learn about: du Chatelet's background and education (time 0:2... |
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