Professor Inaugural Lecture
On the 23rd May 2022, I gave a Inaugural Lecture as Professor Nira Chamberlain. This was dedicated to my Uncle Byron Chamberlain and Aunty Kiren Chamberlain. Both had numerate careers…
Mathematics is….
Mathematics is indisputably the greatest subject in the world “Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die [but] mathematical ideas do not.” This quote comes from one…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: Definition of Tallawah
Definition of Tallawah: Very strong-willed, fearless and not to be underestimated or taken lightly. Once again I am apologising for not blogging for so long. But hey ho, I am…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: 2021 the story so far..
Hello 2021 Well like everybody around the world it was a strange Christmas holidays but I managed to recharge those batteries (just). So far this year, I have been working…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: Meeting my Black Heroes of Mathematics
There is a saying – “you should never meet your heroes!” The reason, why is that we as human make assumptions to fill in the gaps of what we do…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: My Black Lives Matter
This blog is a vlog as requested by Professor Jeremy Levesley – University of Leicester. This vlog is about Black History Month, Black Lives Matters, Mathematics and Human Zoos. In…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: Why Black Heroes Matter
Today we heard the sad news of the passing of Chadwick Bosman – the star of the film Black Panther. The film though fictional, had a great cultural impact all…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: Thoughts on the Black Heroes of Mathematics
I have been doing my Black Heroes of Mathematics talk since 2017. Over the years there have been 20 minute versions, 30 minute versions and the full hour. I done…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: The Following week
12th June 16:42 It now has almost been a week since Minority in STEM take over and the ripple affects have been very positive. I made news friends and contacts.…
Diary of a Black Mathematical Modeller: Goodbye Minorities in STEM
12:40 Saturday 6th June 2020 What a week this has been! When I chose this week for my twitter take over the @MinoritySTEM account – I didn’t realise that it…