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Hannah Fry
Mathematician & science communicator.
Reboot data understanding with Hannah Fry, speaker, mathematician and science communicator. Hannah works with organisations to decode complex patterns in human behaviour, urban analytics and AI ethics, delivering award-winning insights through bestselling books, BBC documentaries and global media platforms.
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Professor Hannah Fry is a leading mathematician and Professor of the Mathematics of Cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL. Her research focuses on uncovering patterns in human behaviour, with applications across a wide range of social challenges, including transport systems, urban living, crime, and global risk.
Alongside her academic work, Hannah is a bestselling author and award-winning science communicator, renowned for bringing complex ideas to life with clarity, insight, and humour. She has presented and produced numerous critically acclaimed BBC documentaries, including The Secret Genius of Modern Life, Magic Numbers, The Joy of Data, and Contagion – The BBC Pandemic, a ground-breaking citizen science experiment that anticipated the spread of a real-world pandemic.
Hannah is also a familiar voice and face across global media, from popular podcasts such as The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry to collaborations with organisations like DeepMind. Her writing has been featured in The New Yorker, and her book Hello World: How to Be Human in the Age of the Machine was shortlisted for multiple prestigious awards and won the 2020 Asimov Prize.
With a rare ability to translate complex mathematical concepts into compelling, accessible insights, Hannah inspires audiences to better understand data, navigate uncertainty, and make smarter decisions in an increasingly technology-driven world.
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