Finding the chase and cutting to it

Times are tough for everyone. Only today, BBC 4 news stated how few people were able to do (and get paid for) overtime. Smarter harder not harder is coupled with the need to promote yourself in the work place. So here are some things I thought I’d share with you, dear reader. Detlef Nauck has […]

Mathematicians are not generally known for being team players.  Mathematicians are seen as being scary, clever in a sit down and think kind of way but definitely not team players.  You don’t think of Netwon in a lab surrounded by a bunch of fellow mathematicians or Einstein having a coffee with David Hilbert while discussing […]

I’ve been diabetic a long time.  32 years in fact.  Way back then, juvenile diabetes wasn’t called type 1.  I was four, and very very lucky.  My mum recognised what was wrong with me: the thirst, the pain in my long muscles when I tried to walk, the fatigue.  She took me to the doctor, who […]

I play cards: I like bridge, whist, solo whist and cribbage. I learnt to play most of these between the ages of 8 and 10 and I do feel lucky to have had that experience. It’s a great way to learn probability and the application in decision making. There’s a huge difference between the chance […]