"My mother is British, from a family with a trade union background and a central interest in class struggle; she met m…"

"My parents separated after my father resigned his university position to focus on his inventions, and my mother then …"

"I learned mathematics on my own from textbooks, which is perhaps strange given that both my parents were involved in …"

"I went to Cambridge, which represented a second major change in my life. As I learned more mathematics, I saw that it…"

"My research is in the field of spectral geometry, the study of how the shape of an object affects the modes in which …"

"I am a mathematical analyst, and most of my research is in the area of spectral geometry. Problems in spectral geomet…"

"I cannot claim to find it easy to balance my ambitions in mathematical research with the desire to be a good parent, …"

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