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An interview with Maria Esteban

We talk to Maria Esteban, mathematician and President of the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
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The maths of randomness

Randomness is surprisingly hard to define. Fortunately the mathematical language we use to describe it is beautifully well defined.
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David Spiegelhalter's favourite people of science

David Spiegelhalter, one of our favourite experts on statistics, recently joined David Attenborough, Bill Bryson and other eminent contributors on the Royal Society's People of Science series. You can watch the video here.
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Complex numbers: Strength

In this video the structural engineer Ahmer Wadee explains how complex numbers can keep buildings from collapsing.
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Complex numbers: Insight

In this video the mathematician Holly Krieger explains how complex numbers are important in the study of dynamical systems.