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Who is Hannah Fry?
Hannah Fry is a mathematician, author, lecturer, radio and television presenter, podcaster, and public speaker. Hannah Fry is a Professor of Mathematics of Cities at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Hannah investigates human behavior patterns, such as interpersonal relationships and dating, and how mathematics can be applied to them. She delivered the 2019 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.
Early Life and Childhood
Hannah Fry was born on February 21, 1984, in Harlow, England. She is 38 years old.
Hanna is of Harlowian and Irish descent. There is currently no information available about her parents or siblings.
Education Details
Hannah Fry went to Presdales School in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, where a teacher encouraged her to pursue a career in mathematics.
Hannah went on to graduate from University College London (UCL). UCL awarded her a Ph.D. in fluid dynamics in 2011.
Professional Career
Fry was appointed as a lecturer at University College London in 2012.
She was appointed Professor in the Mathematics of Cities in 2021 after working as a senior lecturer and then Associate Professor at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis.
She has also presented additional BBC programs explaining the mathematics behind COVID-19 and related pandemics.
Hanna has written three books. The “37% rule” is included in the first book, The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation (2015).
It is a variant of the secretary problem in which the first third of all potential partners should be rejected.
The second book, The Undeniable Existence of Santa Claus (2016), was written in collaboration with fellow mathematician Thomas Oléron Evans.
It discusses a variety of Christmas-related topics and how mathematics can be used to help with them, such as a fair Secret Santa.
Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms is her third book (2018). The book investigates the impact of algorithms on people’s lives.
Hanna presented Contagion! in 2018. Pandemic, a BBC Four documentary about the potential consequences of a flu pandemic. She also hosted Magic Numbers, a three-part series on BBC Four that explored mathematical concepts.
Furthermore, Hannah co-hosted a one-off 90-minute special of the BBC science show Tomorrow’s World with four original presenters: Maggie Philbin, Howard Stableford, Judith Hann, and Peter Snow.
Hannah gave a TED talk titled “The Mathematics of Love” at TEDxBinghamtonUniversity on March 30, 2014, which has received over 5.2 million views as of August 2020.
Following her TED talk, she wrote The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation, in which she applies statistical and data-scientific models to dating, sex, and marriage.
Net Worth and Salary
Hannah Fry’s net worth is estimated to be $1 million.
Relationship Status
Hannah Fry is married to an unnamed husband. The couple has two daughters together.
Body Measurements
She is a woman of average stature, standing at 5 ft 4 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Social Media
Her social media handles are unknown.
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Trivia
- Hannah is a mathematician, author, lecturer, radio and television presenter, podcaster, and public speaker from the United Kingdom.
- She is a Professor of Mathematics of Cities at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis.
- His net worth is estimated to be $1 million.
- She stands at 5 ft 4 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
- Hanna is married to an unnamed husband.
