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   by hunnovi 2mo ago

   There are examples like Stephen Hawking, and he did truly impressive work in hardcore science as far as I know, despite the challenges and obstacles that he had in life. Hannah Fry has done a lot of soft work, lots of books and other media,
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   by hunnovi 2mo ago

   > She was a professor in the mathematics of cities (applied spatial mathematics) before that — in her early thirties. But, that was not at Cambridge, which is what the original post by vgivanovic claimed, right? It was at University Coll
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   by hunnovi 2mo ago

   She is great at popularity regarding mathematics, but her achievements do not seem to be primarily within hardcore mathematical research, more within popularity and communication. > She is the first Professor of the Public Understanding