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Women of mathematics

Celebrate female mathematicians with this selection of interviews and videos, which accompany the Women of Mathematics photo exhibition.
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Women of mathematics: Holly Krieger

Holly Krieger works in dynamical systems theory, in particular on chaotic systems. Some of her greatest mathematical moments have come from teaching students.
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Women of mathematics: Julia Gog

Julia Gog is a mathematical biologist, helping to understand how infectious diseases spread. One of her favourite eureka moments came while she was playing a computer game.
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Women of mathematics: Anne-Christine Davis

Anne-Christine Davis is a professor of theoretical physics whose long career has seen attitudes towards women change for the better. She had to put up with quite a lot at the start.
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Women of mathematics: Natalia Berloff

Natalia Berloff is a professor of applied mathematics. It was a problem in network theory that lured her into the exciting world of maths when she was ten years old.
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International women's day 2017

To celebrate international women's day we bring you some favourite articles from the last year that have been written by (or with major input from) women.
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Analysing Ada

Ada Lovelace, born 200 years ago this month, is hailed the world's first computer programmer. What exactly was her contribution to computer science?
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Ada Lovelace - visions of today

We celebrate the 200th birthday of Ada Lovelace, who anticipated modern computers long before they were built, with a look at her life and work.