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Try describing the world around you in an accurate and coherent way, and you'll soon find that the language of maths is indispensable. Whether it's physics, chemistry, biology or one of the lesser-known sciences, they all need mathematicians.


Plus magazine career interviews

Plus magazine interview, avalanche researcher
Jim McElwaine combines his twin passions of maths and mountaineering in his career researching the causes of avalanches

Plus magazine interview, fluid researcher
Andre Leger is studying for a PhD in fluid mechanics of the human intestine, researching healthy eating

Plus magazine interview, meteorologist
Helen Hewson works at the Met Office, developing our understanding of the weather

Plus magazine interview, physics researcher
Francesco Mezzadri and Nina Snaith are PhD students in Applied Mathematics at the University of Bristol. They are also affiliated with Hewlett Packard's BRIMS Laboratory.

Plus magazine interview, biomechanical engineer
Jose Munoz explains how engineering can allow you to explore the unknown, from understanding how mechanical structures bend to investigating the way genes affect the shape of embryos.

Plus magazine careers library
A collection of interviews from people in various maths-related careers, showing the wide range of uses maths can get put to in the real world.


Career profiles from the Royal Statistical Society

Career profiles from the American Mathematical Society

Paul Boggs, National Institute of Standards and Technology

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with details on the kind of maths used.


Linda Kaufman, Bell Labs

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with details on the kind of maths used.


Julia Kimbell, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with details on the kind of maths used.

 


David Ross, Eastman Kodak

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with etails on the kind of maths used.


William J. Satzer, 3M

A career profile from the American Mathematical Society, complete with details on the kind of maths used.


Career information from the American Mathematical Society