Hannah Fry
| Hannah Fry | |
|---|---|
| Born | London, United Kingdom |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Known for | Mathematics of Love |
Hannah Fry is a British complex systems theorist, lecturer in the Mathematics of Cities, and public speaker. Fry studies the patterns in human behaviour, particularly in an urban setting; for example, shopping, transport, urban crime, riots and terrorism.
In 2011 Fry obtained her doctorate in fluid dynamics at the Department of Mathematics at University College London; her thesis was called 'A Study of Droplet Deformation'.[1] Fry regularly appears on radio and television programs in the UK like Computing Britain,[2] The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry[3] (with Adam Rutherford) and Music By Numbers. In the BBC 2 series City in the Sky[4] Fry studies the logistics of aviation.
In 2014 Fry gave a TED talk called 'The Mathematics of Love' at TEDxBinghamtonUniversity, which has attracted nearly 4 million views. Following the TED talk she published a book on the topic called The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation in which she applies statistical and data-scientific models to dating, sex and marriage.[5]
On 17 September 2015 Fry presented a film biography of Ada Lovelace for BBC television.[6]
In 2016, Fry co-presented Trainspotting Live with Peter Snow, a three-part television series about trains and trainspotting on BBC 4.[7] On 20 July 2016, she hosted a programme called The Joy of Data that examined the history of data and how it affects us today.[8]
Bibliography
- Fry, Hannah (2015). The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation. Simon & Schuster / TED. ISBN 9781476784885.
- Fry, Hannah; Oléron Evans, Thomas (2016). The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus. Double Day. ISBN 9780857524607.
References
- ↑ Fry, Hannah. "A Study of Droplet Deformation" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-08.
- ↑ "Computing Britain". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ↑ "The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ↑ "City in the Sky". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ↑ Buchan, Kit (2016-06-19). "Hannah Fry: 'There's a mathematical angle to almost anything'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
- ↑ "Calculating Ada: The Countess of computing". bbc.co.uk. 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ↑ "Meet the stars of new TV show 'Trainspotting Live'". thetelegraph.co.uk. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07lk6tj/the-joy-of-data