The Numberphile Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Donald Knuth is unquestionably a legend of computer science and mathematics - but he is bad at estimation and grew up with a “rhinoceros attitude”.
Data journalist Walt Hickey looks deep into the numbers behind movies, TV shows, and all types of popular culture.
Federico Ardilla is a combinatorist at San Francisco State University. He’s Columbian and this episode he talks candidly about the struggles and prejudice encountered by people from different backgrounds as they try to make their mark in academia. And just so you know there’s happy ending in sight - this episode of the podcast will conclude with a stirring musical finale.
Oxford mathematician James Maynard explains why he feared accidentally refusing the most famous prize in mathematics.
He dreamed of being a great cricketer - but his love for equations led Ed Copeland to a career in theoretical physics.
Astronomer Mike Merrifield dreamed of captaining a submarine - now he's an astronomer and world expert on galaxies.
From a challenging situation in Bogota to a prestigious job in US academia, Tatiana Toro wants to help others find their mathematical pathway.
Tadashi Tokieda is a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University - and a popular contributor to videos on our Numberphile video channel. But his path to mathematics was unusual.
Professor Hannah Fry discusses her cervical cancer diagnosis - and subsequent attempts to make sense of it all.
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.
Data visualisation guru Martin Krzywinski has teamed up with composer Gregory Coles to make music based on Pi - the early digits AND the last known digits.
Christopher Havens is serving a 25-year prison sentence for murder - but behind bars he's seeking redemption through advanced mathematics. He has published an academic paper... and is bringing math to other inmates via The Prison Mathematics Project.
Mathematician Zvezdelina Stankova was born in Bulgaria and is now a teaching professor at UC Berkeley.
A breakthrough paper is published about using artificial intelligence to do mathematics - we discuss it with Google's Alex Davies and Professor Marcus du Sautoy.
From high school drop-out to set theorist, Asaf Karagila shares his journey towards infinity.
Mathematical greatness can strike at any time - even on the train between Oxford and London.
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.
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.
Astrophysicist Katie Mack discusses Twitter, athletics, mathematics, and the small matter of the fate of the Universe.
Adam Kucharski is among a number of leading epidemiologists who has suddenly been thrust into the limelight. We discuss his career and the current state of the coronavirus pandemic.
Professor Jennifer Rogers discusses coronavirus vaccinations, the media, and her own path to medical statistics.
Dr Vicky Neale's new book is about why people should study mathematics - so that begs the question, why did SHE study mathematics?
Author and puzzle guru Alex Bellos talks about mathematics, writing, reviews, and his early days running a nightclub.
School teacher Bobby Seagull made his name on a quiz show - but there's much more to his story.
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.
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.
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.
Speaking with Simon Pampena, Australia's National Numeracy Ambassador and an Adelaide Alumni who dreamed of being a Jedi.
Grant Sanderson from 3blue1brown returns to the podcast to talk about live-streaming lessons, tracing coronavirus, and a technical mishap.
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.
Dr Hannah Fry made a film two years ago which predicted the coronavirus pandemic with chilling accuracy.
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
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From Illinois to Cambridgeshire, Holly Krieger’s path to mathematics was an unusual one.
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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
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Fields Medallist Sir Timothy Gowers discusses his career - and the role of ‘begrudging admiration’ in mathematics.
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, 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
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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
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From a difficult school to serving two terms as president of the juggling club - James Grime discusses his mathematical journey.
James Grime website - include 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
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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
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David Eisenbud's entertaining stories about mathematics are a fascinating glimpse into how math works - how it really works.
MSRI - where David is director - https://www.msri.org
David Eisenbud's Berkeley page with some links to publications - https://math.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/david-eisenbud
Google Scholar citations - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=i8hLJxkAAAAJ&hl=en
Videos with David on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWK45hX6QOhtri2cZwwX8G-5
The 17-gon video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87uo2TPrsl8
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Meyer Sound - https://meyersound.com/
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
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You can support Numberphile on Patreon
A note: Matt's new book is not due for its American release until bit later, but you can get your signed copy anywhere in the world from Maths Gear
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
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 at Cliff's predictions
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Delicious Problems - with Hannah Fry
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
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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
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Grant Sanderson makes incredibly popular math videos - but his views on math education may surprise you.
3blue1brown on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw
Grant's 'Hope Diamond' Eye - https://twitter.com/numberphile/status/793632149656272896)
The actual Hope Diamond - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond
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MSRI - https://www.msri.org
Meyer Sound - https://meyersound.com/
Podcast by Brady Haran - http://www.bradyharanblog.com