Recently I have been reading about mathematician Mary Cartwright (1900-1998) and working to develop a poem about her -- relying on a fine article/interview by my friend Jim Tattersall published in the The College Mathematics Journal (September 2001). Her work on the foundations of chaos theory was prominently presented in a 2013 BBC News article. A couple of days ago my acquisition of Rachel Swaby's book -- Headstrong Women: 52 Women Who Changed Science and the World (Broadway Books, 2015) -- added to my information about Cartwright. Here, from quotations offered by Tattersall and Swaby, are some of Cartwright's poetic words (reflecting on the ages and genders of mathematicians). First, speaking of her employment at Cambridge:
I regret to say that my impression
when I began research was that, in general,
less qualified men were employed quite a lot,
which eliminated some quite good women.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
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