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Fame and Admiration - with Timothy Gowers
Fame and Admiration - with Timothy Gowers

Fame and Admiration - with Timothy Gowers

Fields Medallist Sir Timothy Gowers discusses his career - and the role of ‘begrudging admiration’ in mathe…

6 years, 5 months ago

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The Number Collector - with Neil Sloane
The Number Collector - with Neil Sloane

We speak with Neil Sloane - creator and keeper of the famed ‘On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences’.

OEIS

Sequences we featured from the OEIS inc…

6 years, 7 months ago

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The C-Word - talking Calculus with Steven Strogatz
The C-Word - talking Calculus with Steven Strogatz

We record at the Royal Society in London, with Isaac Newton's original calculus papers.

Infinite Powers by Steven Strogatz

Steve's author page on Ama…

6 years, 9 months ago

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The Singing Banana - with James Grime
The Singing Banana - with James Grime

From a difficult school to serving two terms as president of the juggling club - James Grime discusses his mathematical journey.

James Grime website …

6 years, 10 months ago

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The Offensive Lineman - with John Urschel
The Offensive Lineman - with John Urschel

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 a…

6 years, 10 months ago

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A Proof in the Drawer - with David Eisenbud
A Proof in the Drawer - with David Eisenbud

David Eisenbud's entertaining stories about mathematics are a fascinating glimpse into how math works - how it really works.

MSRI - where David is di…

6 years, 11 months ago

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Parker Square - with Matt Parker
Parker Square - with Matt Parker

Standup mathematician Matt Parker opens his heart to reveal... a standup comedian who loves mathematics.

This is the link for 'Humble Pi' - signed fi…

7 years, 1 month ago

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The Math Storyteller - with Simon Singh
The Math Storyteller - with Simon Singh

Author and campaigner Simon Singh talks about his fascinating career, a famous legal case, and his attempts to change the way mathematics is taught i…

7 years, 1 month ago

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The Klein Bottle Guy - with Cliff Stoll
The Klein Bottle Guy - with Cliff Stoll

Computer hackers, Klein bottles and searching for a lost teacher - Cliff Stoll is a man with stories to tell.

Cliff's Klein bottle website

The man wi…

7 years, 2 months ago

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Delicious Problems - with Hannah Fry
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', writ…

7 years, 3 months ago

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