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| BREAKING NEWS: The Largest Known Prime Number | 24 Oct 2024 | 00:39:37 | |
There’s a new largest known prime number and we speak to all the key players, including the discoverer Luke Durant. Also featured in the podcast are George Woltman from GIMPS, James Grime, and Matt Parker. Extended interviews (as videos) can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIWS5Jd3k5QHdc0kxwfnZMg Matt Parker’s epic video on Stand-up Maths is here: https://youtu.be/zsyGRDrDfbI Numberphile’s main video on the discovery is here: https://youtu.be/Yp4ilFOtoeg The GIMPS press release is here: https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841 GIMPS: https://www.mersenne.org More Numberphile videos on Mersenne Primes from over the year: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKsTwVXpLscZdfiiqAkkGCA Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons | |||
| The Secret Math Journal - with Ellen Eischen | 30 Jul 2024 | 00:53:45 | |
Ellen Eischen is a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon. Here she discusses creativity, collaboration - and a “secret” journal she has kept since childhood. Ellen Eischen website (includes some links to the teaching we discussed): http://www.elleneischen.com Women in Numbers: https://awm-math.org/research-networks/win/ Creativity Counts museum exhibit: https://jsma.uoregon.edu/CreativityCounts Ellen on Numberphile discussing Faulhaber's Fabulous Formula (and Bernoulli Numbers): https://youtu.be/83NFR7JDlww Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street We also work with the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute - https://www.slmath.org You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons | |||
| Finding a Path - with Tatiana Toro | 13 Dec 2022 | 00:43:39 | |
Professor Toro is the new director of the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SL Math).
SL Math website - https://www.msri.org/
Announcement of Professor Toro's appointment - https://www.msri.org/web/msri/communications/tatiana-toro-msri-director-2022
MSRI is renamed SL Math - https://www.msri.org/web/msri/communications/msri-press-release-may-19-2022
Professor Toro's University of Washington webpage - https://sites.math.washington.edu/~toro/
Podcast with David Eisenbud - Professor Toro's predecessor - https://www.numberphile.com/podcast/david-eisenbud
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| An Educated Adult - with Tadashi Tokieda | 11 Jul 2022 | 01:13:45 | |
Tadashi at Stanford - https://mathematics.stanford.edu/people/tadashi-tokieda
Tadashi videos on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWI9eDSJREzp1wvOJsjt23H_
Lev Davidovich Landau - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Landau
You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile) like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org | |||
| The Orchid Room and Cancer - with Hannah Fry | 29 May 2022 | 00:36:51 | |
Professor Hannah Fry discusses her cervical cancer diagnosis - and subsequent attempt to make sense of it all.
Making Sense of Cancer - Showing on BBC2 on June 2 and then on BBC iPlayer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017wzq
Telegraph Article - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/prof-hannah-fry-calculating-risks-cancer-treatment-would-have/
Hannah Fry website - https://hannahfry.co.uk/
Hannah Fry books - Amazon - https://amzn.to/3PzW4nz
Numberphile videos with Hannah - http://bit.ly/hannah_vids
Hannah previously on the podcast - https://www.numberphile.com/podcast/hannah-fry
Macmillan Cancer Support - https://www.macmillan.org.uk
NHS Cancer help - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cancer/
You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile
Like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org | |||
| A Passion for Big Numbers (and Liverpool FC) - with Tony Padilla | 18 Apr 2022 | 00:50:41 | |
Tony Padilla is known on Numberphile for tackling the big numbers... But by day he's a cosmologist at the University of Nottingham. Tony's also a life-long fan of Liverpool FC. Brady joined him at Anfield for a game against Watford.
Tony at the University of Nottingham - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/antonio.padilla
Order Tony's book Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity
Amazon US - https://amzn.to/3JYQbws
Amazon UK - https://amzn.to/3M3yvB8
MacMillan US - https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374600570/fantasticnumbersandwheretofindthem
Penguin UK - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316/316964/fantastic-numbers-and-where-to-find-them/9780241445372.html
Some videos with Tony on Numberphile - http://bit.ly/Padilla_Numberphile
And some videos with Tony on Sixty Symbols - https://bit.ly/Padilla_SixtySymbols
The Sum of the Integers being -1/12 - https://www.bradyharanblog.com/blog/2015/1/11/this-blog-probably-wont-help
Liverpool v Watford on 2 April 2022 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eHdk_1mJqA
You can 'watch' the podcasts, including this one, on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH2AOVeIaWFmnXrXQ_UhKVy9Zp0RtRMm5
This episode was supported by G-Research, a world-leading quantitative finance research firm, hiring the brightest minds to tackle the biggest questions in finance - learn more at gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/ - https://www.gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/
You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile) like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org | |||
| The First and Last Digits of Pi | 14 Mar 2022 | 00:42:46 | |
Three One Four: A Number of Notes - http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/pi/piday2022/
The project is a collaboration between Martin, Gregory Coles, and Emma Beauxis-Aussalet
On Bandcamp - https://ecstaticquiet1.bandcamp.com/album/three-one-four-a-number-of-notes
YouTube track playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLewycy5dwN_nDZVW9fPcTRhGiGMEXqoxs
YouTube album discussions and score analysis - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLewycy5dwN_k_nAU9bhbTaDAKW3YAo_WW
Martin Krzywinski - http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca
62.8 trillion digit computation of Pi - https://www.fhgr.ch/en/specialist-areas/applied-future-technologies/davis-centre/pi-challenge
Some of Martin's previous Pi visualisations can be found here - http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/pi/
This episode was supported by G-Research, a world-leading quantitative finance research firm, hiring the brightest minds to tackle the biggest questions in finance - learn more at gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/ - https://www.gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/
You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile) like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org | |||
| An Infinite Debt - with Christopher Havens (Prisoner #349034) | 13 Feb 2022 | 00:49:50 | |
Catch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/DPyWf4cI548
The Prison Mathematics Project - https://www.prisonmathproject.org/about/
The Paper: Linear fractional transformations and non-linear leaping convergents of some continued fractions - https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.12644
Article by Marta Cerruti on The Conversation - https://theconversation.com/an-inmates-love-for-math-leads-to-new-discoveries-130123
You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile) like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org | |||
| The Little Star - with Zvezdelina Stankova | 13 Jan 2022 | 00:58:19 | |
Mathematician Zvezdelina Stankova was born in Bulgaria and is now a teaching professor at UC Berkeley.
Zvezda's webpage - https://math.berkeley.edu/~stankova/
Zvezda videos on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIbAPK1oJgRIpe0sWiPKkQ4
The Legend of Question Six - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y30VF3cSIYQ
Berkeley Math Circle - https://mathcircle.berkeley.edu
This episode was supported by G-Research, a world-leading quantitative finance research firm, hiring the brightest minds to tackle the biggest questions in finance - learn more at gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/ - https://www.gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/
You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile
Like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org | |||
| Google's 'DeepMind' does Mathematics | 02 Dec 2021 | 00:37:01 | |
A breakthrough paper is published about using artificial intelligence to do mathematics - we discuss it with DeepMind's Alex Davies and Professor Marcus du Sautoy.
DeepMind - https://deepmind.com
DeepMind blog on this topic - https://deepmind.com/blog/article/exploring-the-beauty-of-pure-mathematics-in-novel-ways
Nature article on the topic - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03593-1
Article from The Conversation by Geordie Williamson, who worked on the project - https://theconversation.com/mathematical-discoveries-take-intuition-and-creativity-and-now-a-little-help-from-ai-172900
Marcus du Sautoy - https://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk
The Creativity Code - book on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3Dmxak2
Collaborator Geordie Williamson - https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/geordie/
Collaborator Marc Lackenby - http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/lackenby/
Collaborator Andras Juhasz - https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/people/andras.juhasz
This episode was supported by G-Research, a world-leading quantitative finance research firm, hiring the brightest minds to tackle the biggest questions in finance - learn more at gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/ - https://www.gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/
You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile - like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org | |||
| Making Sense of Infinity - with Asaf Karagila | 28 Aug 2021 | 00:53:37 | |
From high school drop-out to set theorist, Asaf Karagila shares his journey towards infinity. Asaf is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of East Anglia.
Asaf's blog - http://karagila.org
Asaf's Twitter - https://twitter.com/AsafKaragila
Some Infinity stuff on Numberphile - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKORZ3UeTKlJiJa-89BBz3t
You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile) like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org
This episode was also made possible by the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship - https://www.ukri.org/our-work/developing-people-and-skills/future-leaders-fellowships/
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship MR/T021705/1 | |||
| A Chance at Immortality - with Marcus Du Sautoy | 26 Jul 2021 | 00:51:29 | |
Mathematical greatness can strike at any time - even on the train between Oxford and London.
Marcus is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University - https://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk
Marcus' author page on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3eJNd1Z
I is a Strange Loop - book - https://amzn.to/3eJNd1Z
I is a Strange Loop - performance on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEORIj1Ecug
This episode was supported by G-Research, a world-leading quantitative finance research firm, hiring the brightest minds to tackle the biggest questions in finance - learn more at gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/ - https://www.gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/
You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile) like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org
Podcast by Brady Haran - https://www.bradyharanblog.com
With thanks to GWR - https://www.gwr.com - for the Oxford-London rail footage used in the YouTube version of this podcast - https://youtu.be/PVSkzNOXG1k
Additional train footage courtesy of Don Coffey - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8LH7xMAyCSqpClAvTHwJRw - whose video work is supporting Samaritans - https://www.samaritans.org/donate-now/ | |||
| Winnie the Math Whiz - with Danica McKellar | 02 Jul 2024 | 00:45:19 | |
Catch a video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/xMAiBBxQGZI Danica McKellar is best-known for portraying girl-next-door Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years - but she has also proven a math theorem (which bears her name) and writes books to inspire future mathematicians. Check out her math website and books at: https://mckellarmath.com And Danica’s general website at: https://danicamckellar.com Danica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danicamckellar/ Danica’s books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3VQdzny Danica’s co-authored paper which led to the Chayes–McKellar–Winn theorem: https://scienceblogs.de/geograffitico/wp-content/blogs.dir/70/files/2012/07/i-5bb4f4203312f2a650f3294cf4ddac13-percolation.pdf Brady’s dog Winnie: https://www.instagram.com/the_wonderful_winnie/ The Wonder Years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years Jane Street opportunities (episode sponsor): https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/overview/ Jane Street’s Insight program as mentioned on the show: https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/programs-and-events/insight/ Numberphile is also supported by the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute: https://www.slmath.org You can support Numberphile on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons: https://www.numberphile.com/patrons | |||
| The Naked Mathematician - with Tom Crawford | 31 May 2021 | 00:58:12 | |
Dr Tom Crawford has been known to strip to his underwear in the interests of math education. He is an Early Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow at Oxford University.
Tom's page at St Edmund Hall - https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/people/tom-crawford
Tom Rock's Maths YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/tomrocksmaths
Tom's main website with links to most stuff - https://tomrocksmaths.com
Numberphile videos featuring Tom Crawford - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJ2TNTA79reKQ6S88kTvDR-
This episode was supported by G-Research, a world-leading quantitative finance research firm, hiring the brightest minds to tackle the biggest questions in finance - learn more at gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/ - https://www.gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/
You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile) like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org | |||
| Beauty in the Messiness - with Philip Moriarty | 03 Apr 2021 | 00:39:05 | |
Experimental physicist Phil Moriarty works with temperamental microscopes and individual atoms. Today's topics include Ireland, mathematics, failing at university, microscopy, academic gripes... and music. Professor Moriarty's university page - including links to some of his papers Phil's book: When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11: Or How to Explain Quantum Physics with Heavy Metal Some of Brady's videos with Phil Want more? Hear Phil with Brady on The Unmade Podcast You can support Numberphile on Patreon like these people With thanks to MSRI | |||
| The High Jumping Cosmologist - with Katie Mack | 25 Feb 2021 | 00:54:53 | |
Astrophysicist Katie Mack discusses Twitter, athletics, mathematics, and the small matter of the fate of the Universe. The End of Everything - Dr Mack's book on Amazon You can support Numberphile on Patreon like these people With thanks to MSRI | |||
| Rockstar Epidemiologists - with Adam Kucharski | 02 Feb 2021 | 00:45:10 | |
Adam Kucharski is among a number of epidemiologists who has suddenly been thrust into the limelight. We discuss his career and the current state of the coronavirus pandemic. Adam's books on Amazon, including The Rules of Contagion Some of our previous podcasts that touch on epidemiology include these ones with Kit Yates, Hannah Fry and Jennifer Rogers You can support Numberphile on Patreon like these people With thanks to MSRI | |||
| Statistics and Saving Lives - with Jennifer Rogers | 11 Dec 2020 | 00:55:50 | |
Professor Jennifer Rogers discusses coronavirus vaccinations, the media, and her own path to medical statistics. Jennifer Rogers website, with links to all sorts of things Jennifer has written about cornavirus vaccinations on the Phastar blog here and here For some previous Numberphile chat and videos about coronavirus you can check these out: Gondor Calls For Aid with Kit Yates The Coronavirus Curve with Ben Sparks Other links... Support Numberphile on Patreon With thanks to MSRI | |||
| Why Study Mathematics - with Vicky Neale | 08 Dec 2020 | 00:45:11 | |
Dr Vicky Neale's latest book is about why people should study mathematics - but why did SHE study mathematics? Dr Neale's website - with links to her work and books and craft Why Study Mathematics - book on Amazon Vicky's craft, including the prime bracelets Support Numberphile on Patreon like these people do With thanks to | |||
| Club Automatic - with Alex Bellos | 25 Nov 2020 | 00:54:17 | |
Author and puzzle guru Alex Bellos talks about mathematics, writing, reviews, and his early days running a nightclub. Check out Alex's books on Amazon including his latest, The Language Lover's Puzzle Book Alex's website has more information and links to his work and here is Alex on Twitter Playlist of Alex's videos on Numberphile Elliptical Pool Table video and Cake Cutting video Please consider supporting Numberphile on Patreon With thanks to | |||
| Quiz Shows and Math Anxiety - with Bobby Seagull | 23 Oct 2020 | 01:24:26 | |
School teacher Bobby Seagull is well-known for appearing on a quiz show - but there's much more to his story. Episode sponsored by Brilliant - brilliant.org/numberphile Bobby's book The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers Watch Bobby on University Challenge Support Numberphile on Patreon With thanks to | |||
| Nursery Rhymes and Numbers - with Alan Stewart | 05 Oct 2020 | 00:54:06 | |
Nursery Rhymes and Numbers - with Alan Stewart A team of composers and musicians have joined forces to re-imagine classic nursery rhymes with new counts, timings and tempos. It's dubbed Tuplets for Toddlers, and has been led Numberphile's resident composer Alan Stewart. An old interview with Alan can be found here A couple of Brady's favourite videos scored by Alan include this one from Mt Everest and this one from Chile - but there are countless more! | |||
| The Importance of Numbers - with Tim Harford | 12 Sep 2020 | 00:47:29 | |
Economist Tim Harford on the importance of numbers and statistics. Tim Harford's website has links to most of his projects Tim's book How to Make the World Add Up - signed copies on Maths Gear Support Numberphile on Patreon With thanks to | |||
| The Hyper-Curious Billionaire - Jim Simons (1938-2024) | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:37:50 | |
This podcast marks the passing of James Harris Simons, better-known as Jim. The interviewees are John Ewing, David Eisenbud and Andrew Millis. The Simons Foundation - https://www.simonsfoundation.org Simons Foundation article about Jim’s life - https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2024/05/10/remembering-the-life-and-careers-of-jim-simons/ Brady’s interview with Jim for Numberphile (full hour-log version) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNznD9hMEh0 Shorter 18-minute version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjVDqfUhXOY Math For America - https://www.mathforamerica.org The Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath, formerly MSRI) - https://www.slmath.org The Flatiron Institute - https://www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron/ The Chern-Simons form - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chern%E2%80%93Simons_form The Archimedes (Jim’s yacht) - https://www.feadship.nl/fleet/archimedes1 Numberphile has been supported by The Simons Foundation (via SLMath) for many years. We are yet another of Jim’s legacies. You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons Numberphile Podcast by Brady Haran | |||
| Why Did The Mathematician Cross The Road? - with Roger Penrose | 08 Aug 2020 | 01:05:16 | |
Sir Roger Penrose is one of the biggest names in mathematics AND physics. Here he talks about sibling rivalry, Stephen Hawking, having ideas, and toilet paper. The Theory of Everything - 2014 movie about Stephen Hawking The San Francisco Transit Center with its Penrose Tiling With thanks to | |||
| The Third Cornet - with Katie Steckles | 23 Jul 2020 | 00:59:49 | |
Dr Katie Steckles is a mainstay of the mathematics communications scene and a regular in our videos. Here she discusses her life at school, university, and now as a freelance maths communicator. Plus life as a pirate. Check out Katie's videos on Numberphile Support this podcast - and our videos - via Patreon With thanks to Apologies for the change in audio quality part way through - we had technical issues! | |||
| The Mathematical Showman - Ron Graham (1935-2020) | 13 Jul 2020 | 00:39:02 | |
Tributes to mathematician Ronald Graham - a man of many talents. Our guests include Steve Butler, Tom Leighton, and Joe Buhler A collection of Numberphile videos about Graham's Number | |||
| The Numeracy Ambassador - with Simon Pampena | 01 Jul 2020 | 01:00:14 | |
Speaking with Simon Pampena, Australia's National Numeracy Ambassador who once dreamed of being a Jedi. Videos with Simon on Numberphile Epic Circles and The Legend of Question Six The Malls' Balls are also discussed in our Quiz Episode with Matt Parker With thanks to Support us on Patreon - we appreciate your help You can also catch this episode on the Numberphile2 YouTube channel | |||
| The Happy Twin - with Ben Sparks | 27 May 2020 | 01:02:21 | |
Our guest is Ben Sparks - teacher, math populariser, and Numberphile regular. Videos with Ben on Numberphile Video of Tim Sparks performing Your Own Idea - Nikko Fir and here's Tim's website Ben's Mandelbrot Video on Numberphile Advanced Mathematics Support Programme With thanks to | |||
| The Parker Quiz - with Matt Parker | 21 May 2020 | 00:55:34 | |
Matt Parker takes a quiz prepared by Brady. The YouTube version of this quiz contains a few visuals. Many of the links below contain QUIZ SPOILERS. Matt Parker is standupmaths - his website has links to most stuff Matt's first appearance on this podcast Good Will Hunting which is directed by Gus Van Sant Two Numberphile videos about Good Will Hunting are here and here - featuring James Grime Newton, Euler, Gauss, Ramanujan, and Turing Newton videos from Brady's Objectivity channel Festival of The Spoken Nerd, featuring Matt with Steve Mould and Helen Arney Steve and Matt's YouTube channels The video which created the Parker Square legend Latin/Euler Squares on Numberphile West Coast Eagles win the 1992 AFL Grand Final With thanks to MSRI | |||
| The Accidental Streamer - with 3blue1brown | 19 Apr 2020 | 00:33:05 | |
Grant Sanderson from 3blue1brown returns to the podcast to talk about live-streaming lessons, tracing coronavirus, and a technical mishap. Support this podcast and Numberphile on Patreon Exponential Growth - 3 blue1brown Simulating an epidemic - 3blue1brown The Coronavirus Curve with Ben Sparks - Numberphile | |||
| The Legendary John Conway (1937-2020) | 13 Apr 2020 | 00:38:01 | |
We pay tribute to John Horton Conway - with clips from the man himself, plus contributions from Siobhan Roberts, David Eisenbud, Colm Mulcahy and Tony Padilla. Genius at Play by Siobhan Roberts John Conway Numberphile Playlist | |||
| Crystal Balls and Coronavirus - with Hannah Fry | 10 Apr 2020 | 00:44:59 | |
Dr Hannah Fry made a film two years ago which predicted the coronavirus pandemic with chilling accuracy. Dr Hannah Fry's website - links to all her stuff The BBC Contagion special on iPlayer If it doesn't work on iPlayer, this is a version I found on YouTube!? Numberphile video about the SIR curve with Ben Sparks Numberphile discusses coronavirus mathematics with Kit Yates False Positives on Numberphile with Lisa Goldberg PAPER: Contagion! The BBC Four Pandemic – The model behind the documentary BBC Horizon Coronavirus Special - the more recent film Hannah made with the Beeb RI Christmas Lectures 2019: Secrets and lies Mathematician/epidemiologist Adam Kucharski on Twitter With thanks to | |||
| Gondor Calls For Aid - with Kit Yates | 31 Mar 2020 | 00:28:18 | |
Mathematical biologist Kit Yates discussing the coronavirus pandemic. The Royal Society's call to arms for mathematicians NHS advice on Coronavirus and COVID-19 Ben Sparks on Numberphile - The Coronavirus Curve 3blue1brown on the exponential growth of epidemics Simulating an epidemic with 3blue1brown Extended presentation by Nick Jewell for MSRI With thanks to MSRI | |||
| A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth | 16 Jan 2024 | 00:54:26 | |
Donald Knuth is unquestionably a legend of computer science and mathematics - but he is bad at estimation and grew up with a “rhinoceros attitude”. Don Knuth’s homepage - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/ The Art of Computer Programming (books) - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html On Amazon - https://amzn.to/4aUkkeT 3:16 (book) - https://amzn.to/4aRs9lH Knuth’s questions for Chat GPT - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/chatGPT20.txt Knuth videos on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWLfLjzHzmFO6T8jCZdipvQc Brady’s video on John 3:16 from his Bibledex series - https://youtu.be/ZJjFebPW5b8 Ziegler’s Giant Bar - https://www.halfnuts.net/products/an-original-ziegler-giant-bar?variant=55664909259 Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street We also work with the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute - https://www.slmath.org You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons | |||
| Champaign Mathematician - with Holly Krieger | 13 Dec 2019 | 00:40:00 | |
From Illinois to Cambridgeshire, Holly Krieger’s path to mathematics was an unusual one. With thanks to | |||
| Coffin Problems - with Edward Frenkel | 03 Dec 2019 | 01:21:39 | |
Edward Frenkel's fascinating mathematical journey - from the Soviet Union to the United States. Love and Math - Edward's book via Amazon Artificial Intelligence: First Person Perspective Coffin Problems paper (aka Jewish Problems) Rites of Love and Math - the film About the film and its Formula of Love With thanks to | |||
| The Badly Behaved Prime - with James Maynard | 10 Nov 2019 | 00:41:38 | |
James Maynard is making waves in the world of prime numbers - we spoke to him in his office at Oxford University. James is appointed a professor James discusses the Twin Prime Conjecture - Numberphile video Small Gaps Between Primes - paper Large Gaps Between Primes - paper Large Gaps Between Primes - Numberphile video James on his love of primes - Numberphile video With thanks to | |||
| Fame and Admiration - with Timothy Gowers | 22 Oct 2019 | 00:54:25 | |
Fame and Admiration - with Timothy Gowers Fields Medallist Sir Timothy Gowers discusses his career - and the role of ‘begrudging admiration’ in mathematics. Sir Timothy Gowers webpage at Cambridge The unconditional basic sequence problem Tim Gowers International Math Olympiad results The Fields Medal with Cédric Villani - Numberphile With thanks to | |||
| The Number Collector - with Neil Sloane | 14 Aug 2019 | 00:55:35 | |
We speak with Neil Sloane - creator and keeper of the famed ‘On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences’. Sequences we featured from the OEIS included Fibonacci Numbers, A068679, Bell or exponential numbers, A000435 - The Genesis Sequence, Euler totient function, King Louis births, Recaman's sequence, Gijswijt's sequence, and Brady Numbers. Videos featuring Neil on Numberphile Traralgon and Brady’s podcast with Tim from Traralgon The Slightly Spooky Recaman Sequence - Numberphile Guardian article on Neil Sloane With thanks to | |||
| The C-Word - talking Calculus with Steven Strogatz | 17 Jun 2019 | 00:51:16 | |
We record at the Royal Society in London, with Isaac Newton's original calculus papers. Infinite Powers by Steven Strogatz Some bonus video footage we filmed at the Royal Society Hannah Fry with the same documents on Objectivity And the Principia on Objectivity With thanks to | |||
| The Singing Banana - with James Grime | 20 May 2019 | 01:13:20 | |
From a difficult school to serving two terms as president of the juggling club - James Grime discusses his mathematical journey. James Grime website - includes a section to book his talks A selection of James’ videos on Numberphile James’ own channel - Singing Banana James discusses The Little Professor The first proper Numberphile video from 2011 Filming at a gritty, urban underpass With thanks to | |||
| The Offensive Lineman - with John Urschel | 14 May 2019 | 00:36:42 | |
John Urschel is studying for a PhD in mathematics - and played three seasons of professional football in the NFL. Mind and Matter - by John Urschel and Louisa Thomas - on Amazon Book on the publisher's website With thanks to | |||
| A Proof in the Drawer - with David Eisenbud | 07 Apr 2019 | 01:15:19 | |
David Eisenbud's entertaining stories about mathematics are a fascinating glimpse into how math works - how it really works. MSRI - where David is director David Eisenbud's MSRI page with some links to publications and other material Videos with David on Numberphile With thanks to | |||
| Parker Square - with Matt Parker | 24 Feb 2019 | 00:52:03 | |
Standup mathematician Matt Parker opens his heart to reveal... a standup comedian who loves mathematics. This is the link for 'Humble Pi' - signed first-edition hardback Matt Parker videos on Numberphile The notorious Parker Square video Parker Square T-Shirts via Numberphile on Teespring With thanks to You can support Numberphile on Patreon A note: Humble Pi will be released at different times in different countries, but you can get your signed copy ASAP pretty much ANYWHERE in the world via Maths Gear | |||
| The Math of Movies - with Walt Hickey | 12 Oct 2023 | 00:51:24 | |
Data journalist Walt Hickey looks deep into the numbers behind movies, TV shows, and all types of popular culture. Walt’s new book is You Are What You Watch - https://amzn.to/3F8SwVo Walt’s Website - https://walthickey.com Numlock News - https://www.numlock.com Dr Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park - https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Ian_Malcolm Does Hollywood ruin books? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUD8h9JpEVQ Math and Movies (Animation at Pixar) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX0NB9IyYpU The problem in Good Will Hunting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW_LkYiuTKE Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street We also work with the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute - https://www.slmath.org You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons | |||
| The Math Storyteller - with Simon Singh | 11 Feb 2019 | 01:11:36 | |
Author and campaigner Simon Singh talks about his fascinating career, a famous legal case, and his attempts to change the way mathematics is taught in UK schools. Simon Singh's website - links to all sorts of stuff Watch Simon's videos on Numberphile parallel - as discussed on the show Brady's video with suggestion for the £50 British Chiropractic Association v Singh - via Wikipedia With thanks to: MSRI and episode sponsor Meyer Sound Brady’s other podcasts… | |||
| The Klein Bottle Guy - with Cliff Stoll | 08 Jan 2019 | 00:59:07 | |
Computer hackers, Klein bottles and searching for a lost teacher - Cliff Stoll is a man with stories to tell. The man with 1000 Klein bottles under this house Cliff Stoll videos on Numberphile The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll Silicon Snake Oil by Cliff Stoll Boing Boing article about Cliff's predictions With thanks to Also check out | |||
| Delicious Problems - with Hannah Fry | 16 Dec 2018 | 00:51:59 | |
Math celebrity Hannah Fry tells us about her life as public intellectual and thought leader - plus her as-yet unreleased novel 'Free as a Bird', written as a schoolgirl. Hannah's website - including links to her papers Numberphile videos featuring Hannah Fry Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry Thanks to BBC 6 Music for the clip from Shaun Keaveny's show With thanks to | |||
| Fermat’s Last Theorem - with Ken Ribet | 22 Nov 2018 | 00:48:22 | |
Ken Ribet is the president of the American Mathematical Society. He played a key role in the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem. The Wiles Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem Numberphile video with Ken about his work Simon Singh discusses Fermat’s Last Theorem in a Numberphile video With thanks to | |||