Thinking about recent appointments ... What examples are there of (well-known) people with a surprising maths degree? #mathsky #UKMathsChat #ITeachMaths #HoagieHomies - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

mathforge.org • 20 days ago

Thinking about recent appointments ...

What examples are there of (well-known) people with a surprising maths degree?

#mathsky #UKMathsChat #ITeachMaths #HoagieHomies

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pippinsboss.bsky.social•20 days ago

David Richeson has an interesting list at https://divisbyzero.com/2009/09/01/look-who-majored-in-mathematics/
I knew about some of, but quite a few were news to me

mathforge.org•20 days ago

Thanks!

Feels a little (understandably, and not completely) US-centric. I wonder what the UK picture would be.

If we broadened it to STEM, I recently learnt that Ben Miller has a physics degree, and started a PhD before getting into comedy.

martinnoon.bsky.social•20 days ago

I did my degree with Johnny Buckland from Coldplay.

learnwhatyoulive.bsky.social•20 days ago

John Spiers from Spiers and Boden and Bellowhead did NatSci at Cambridge.

themarkscheme.bsky.social•20 days ago

Matt Stone south park/book of mormon has a joint honours degree involving Maths

themathsbazaar.bsky.social•20 days ago

Surprising people who don’t:
Carol Vorderman (but then again she didn’t write any of the maths books with her name and photo on)

germinalmaths.bsky.social•19 days ago

Sanjeev Kohli (not sure how well known he is outside Scotland).

ecrmaths.bsky.social•20 days ago

Romesh Ranganathan... not sure how surprising it is as he does mention it, but he was a maths teacher

paddymacmahon.com•20 days ago

Dara Ó Briain too.

susanwhitehouse.bsky.social•20 days ago

Brian May

paddymacmahon.com•20 days ago

Also a former parent at my school.

susanwhitehouse.bsky.social•20 days ago

I assume you mean that Brian May is a former parent at your school rather than a former parent at your school did a Maths degree?

paddymacmahon.com•20 days ago

Exactly that. Although I expect there are some other former parents with maths degrees...

tombutton.bsky.social•15 days ago

Dave Gorman did two years of a maths degree but dropped out