Protect Pure Maths certainly echo this sentiment, saying that when it comes to spying 'maths saves lives'. While Daniel Craig's Bond enjoys exotic locations, cutting edge gadgets and glamorous sidekicks the real 007s are better with their brains than their fists.
Government spy centre GCHQ is believed to be the biggest employer of mathematicians in the country.Earlier this month, Head of Strategic Command General Sir Patrick Sanders issued a plea for more recruits in the mould of Ben Whishaw’s weedy but technologically expert character Q.
Sir Patrick said: “I have far more need of Q than I do of 007.”Following this, the Heilbron Institute, an arm of GCHQ, put out a statement on the role of maths on its website.
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