The Life Scientific: Dr Nira Chamberlain

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When does a crowd of people become unsafe? How well will the football team Aston Villa do next season? When is it cost-effective to replace a kitchen? The answers may seem arbitrary but, to Nira Chamberlain, they lie in mathematics. You can use maths to model virtually anything.
14 Oct 2024 English United Kingdom Science

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