What Part of this don’t you understand?
In the recent weeks, there was an announcement in the media of a Nigerian Mathematician claiming to prove Riemann Hypothesis. The negative reaction to this claim can be divided into…
The War on Mathematics
Recently I’ve been thinking how mathematics is represented in the media. For instance a positive imagine in the latest film of Sherlock Holmes. Here, Sherlock Holmes challenges his rival ,…
Black STEAM 2015
As a mathematician I never shy away from showing the value of mathematics to the general public. However, it is rare for me to share the stage with other Black…
The Black Heroes of Mathematics
October is Black History Month and as part of the celebration, I have produced a poster entitled ‘The Black Heroes of Mathematics” I was ask to do this by Reverend…
An Applied Mathematician’s Apology
Pure versus Applied Mathematicians. As a Mathematical Modeller, I am placed firmly in the Applied Mathematician’s Camp. The relationship between these two fractions can be tense to say the least.…
Interview of a Mathematician
http://aspiringprofessionalshub.com/2015/06/29/the-professionals-mathematics-the-poetry-of-logical-ideas/‘The Professionals’ – Mathematics…the poetry of logical ideas! BY ASPIRINGPROFESSIONALSHUB on JUNE 29, 2015 • ( 0 ) Dr Nira Chamberlain ‘The Professionals’ is our latest addition to The Hub.…
Death of a Beautiful Mind Mathematician
Today one of my Mathematical heroes was sadly killed in a car crash. His life was depicted in the Academy Award winning film Beautiful Mind. So why should this be…
Why were most of the General Election Polls Prediction wrong?
Why were most of the General Election Polls Prediction wrong? Most of the Polls forecast a hung Parliament but in truth there was always a probability of the Conservatives forming…
Serious Logical Mind Training
Conrad Wolfram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Wolfram) has been giving talks on how to make mathematics more beautiful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsWKyFg9IdM. Conrad argues that mathematics should be more practical and more conceptual, but less mechanical,” and…