9 May 2013

Our Changing World - Mathematics of Volcanoes

From Afternoons, 3:28 pm on 9 May 2013

Victoria University mathematician Mark McGuinness is not the stereotype of a number-crunching geek. Mark uses maths to solve problems for industry and engineering. He tells Veronika Meduna how he's helped orchardists weigh fruit and veg accurately and super-quickly, and geologists trying to predict how a volcano will erupt.

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