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