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March 2010
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heat diffusion equation

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Nick Crawley had recently set up his own financial consultancy firm in Sydney, Australia, offering advice on large-scale financing deals. He tells Plus about the challenges and rewards of working in an incentive-driven environment.

Tags: partial differential equation : heat diffusion equation : project finance : Black-Scholes equation


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Chuck Gill caught the space bug as a child when watching Alan Shepherd launch into space. Since then he's worked as a US Air Force navigator, a satellite operator, and in the US intelligence service. These days he's busy reducing carbon emissions and preparing London for the 2012 Olympics. Plus went to see him to find out more about his career.

Tags: aerodynamics : statistics : space exploration : mathematical modelling : physics : uncertainty : heat diffusion equation : engineering : satellite : Kepler's three laws of planetary motion : transport system