Living proof: A conversation with Sarah Hart

<p>Sarah Hart is a mathematician who is interested, not just in the maths itself, but also its connections to other areas of culture and art. She's done an amazing number of things throughout her career — from research in pure mathematics and heading up a maths department, to being the first woman <a href='https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/professor-sarah-hart'>Gresham Professor of Geometry</a> and President of the <a href='https://www.bshm.ac.uk/'>British Society for the History of Mathematics</a>. </p> <p>Sarah has also written a fascinating book, called <a href='https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/once-upon-a-prime-the-wondrous-connections-between-mathematics-and-literature-sarah-hart?variant=40072461058126'>Once upon a time: The wondrous connections between mathematics and literature</a>, and she gave a talk at this year's <a href='https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/'>Cambridge Festival</a>, with the intriguing title <a href='https://www.newton.ac.uk/news/ini-news/the-mathematics-of-...