Living proof: Communicating mathematics with the INI and Hannah Fry

Living proof: Communicating mathematics with the INI and Hannah Fry

Published on Mar 18
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<p>We kick off our latest series of podcasts with an episode of Living proof, produced jointly with the <a href='https://newton.ac.uk/'>Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences</a> (INI).</p> <p>This episode is all about the communication of mathematics to the wider world, which is becoming ever more recognised as a priority within the maths community. We talk to Sara Khan, Communications Manager at the INI, about how this renowned research institute supports mathematics communication. And we revisit our interview with <a href='https://hannahfry.co.uk/'>Hannah Fry</a> who has just taken up <a href='https://plus.maths.org/content/hannah-fry-will-join-us-cambridge'>her new role as Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics here at the University of Cambridge</a></p> <p>As Hannah puts it,</p> <p>"It's really important that people feel that [mathematics] is being done with them, not to them."</p> <p>We also find out about Hannah's own research in her previous role as Prof...