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No More Heroes - Terry Tao on AI in Mathematics

15 oktober 2026 · 21 min

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A leading light in mathematics for much of his life, Terence Tao discusses the crisis being caused by a massive dump of AI proofs. Lees meer

Our playlist of videos on the current AI issue - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVsSL1XVSphg

Terence Tao's excellent blog (featuring many guest posts about AI) - https://terrytao.wordpress.com/

Terence’s new book Six Math Essentials is available for pre-order - https://www.quantabooks.org/books/six-math-essentials/

Terence Tao previously on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXJ-zpJeY3E

Our Fields Medal playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeu

Here's the now famous (or infamous) dump of AI proofs - https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/CONTENTS.md

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

The Strip Mining of Mathematical Proofs - with Hugo Duminil-Copin

14 oktober 2026 · 34 min

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Fields Medalist Hugo Duminil-Copin describes how 16 proofs among the hundreds recently published by OpenAI left him in tears. And what next for mathematics? Lees meer

Watch this interview as a video - https://youtu.be/omuJpoV-Ko4

Hugo’s website at University of Geneva - https://www.unige.ch/~duminil/

The OpenAI drop of AI proofs - https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/CONTENTS.md

Brady speaks with Grant Sanderson about AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HlIuxnuTKQ

Navier-Stokes cracked by AI - https://youtu.be/3geDF-DAwpg

Tristan Buckmaster reacts to Navier-Stokes - https://youtu.be/Mzbtj5nkMXI

Hugo previously on the podcast - https://www.numberphile.com/videos/hugo-duminil-copin-podcast

And Hugo in a Numberphile video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWtD0O-zSWY

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

The Glimmer in our Eye - with Grant Sanderson from 3Blue1Brown

28 september 2026 · 57 min

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AI has become the biggest talking point in mathematics. We discussed the topic - and the future - with Grant Sanderson (creator of the 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel). Lees meer

3Blue1Brown on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

Grant’s guest post on Terry Tao’s blog - https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/if-math-is-more-than-proof-we-need-to-better-celebrate-the-rest-of-it/

A possible Navier Stokes breakthrough - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3geDF-DAwpg Grant Sanderson on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKskQnjSsp3t8Uw2XMz5xYj

Grant previously on the podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RH93XvSyU

Signals & Threads podcast - https://signalsandthreads.com/

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

To SAT, or not SAT, that is the question

11 augustus 2026 · 38 min

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A growing number of people claim being “test blind” to applicants’ SAT scores is lowering standards at the University of California. Math Professor Zvezda Stankova is among the academics calling for SATs to be re-introduced to the admissions process. Lees meer

Jane Street intern applications (episode sponsor): https://jane-st.co/internships2027-NumberphilePod

Here’s the Open Letter signed by over 3000 people at UC (including five Nobel laureates, they are keen to point out): https://ucstudentsuccess.org/

This New York Times editorial gave the issue extra prominence: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/opinion/university-california-sat-testing-admissions.html

This LA Times comment pieces argues against re-introducing SATs to the process: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-08/chabria-column-uc-sat-act-admissions

Numberphile videos with Zvezda: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIbAPK1oJgRIpe0sWiPKkQ4

Numberphile Podcast interview with Zvezda about her life and career: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGbASf6W7SE

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

Rockets, Religion & Rejection - with Destin Sandlin from Smarter Every Day

26 maart 2026 · 1 uur 6 min

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Destin Sandlin discusses missile testing, astronaut applications, and why he created the wildly popular YouTube channel Smarter Every Day. Lees meer

YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/Anmaky0Kksw

Listen to the latest Signals & Threads podcast episode: https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-ST-WillWilson

Check out other episodes Signals & Threads here: https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-SignalsandThreads

Destin’s YouTube channel is Smarter Every Day: https://www.youtube.com/smartereveryday

We also co-hosts the podcast No Dumb Questions: https://www.nodumbquestions.fm/

With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

The Man Who Loves Weather - with Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris

18 maart 2026

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Dan Harris is a chief meteorologist at the UK Met Office - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ Lees meer

See him talking weather equations on Numberphile - https://youtu.be/YmZiq00CO60

Dan's websites - https://www.roostweather.com/ and https://istheukhotrightnow.com/

Check out some Met Office archive stuff at Brady's Objectivity channel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd5y2WfrtsPrauSfrdFfkE7iZ-KG9pCzO

Weather videos on Brady's Sixty Symbols channel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNpsv8AWUvJxbOl6S2pw8so

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

The Storm is Coming - with Hugo Duminil-Copin

21 januari 2026 · 34 min

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The ups and downs of winning the coveted Fields Medal, with 2022 winner Hugo Duminil-Copin. Lees meer

See our main video from this interview - https://youtu.be/JWtD0O-zSWY

Hugo is based at the University of Geneva and IHES - https://www.ihes.fr/~duminil/

More Numberphile interviews and videos with Fields Medallists - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeu

With thanks to Nils Berglund for visualisations of percolation - https://www.youtube.com/c/NilsBerglund

Fields Medal 2022 - https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal/fields-medals-2022

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

And the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

Making Math Videos in Ukraine - with Sashko Olenchenko

9 november 2025 · 51 min

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Sashko Olenchenko is doing a masters in mathematical physics with a sideline making videos on YouTube - occasionally interrupted by drone attacks from Russia. Lees meer

Here is his YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@aremathukr

And you can support his work on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Aremath

The YouTube version of this podcast has captions available - https://youtu.be/Nd813Dg93Bs

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

Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

I met with Sasko at the ‘From research to outreach’ conference in Les Diablerets, Switzerland - https://outreach.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en

Everything You Wanted To Know About Numberphile - with Brady Haran

29 augustus 2025 · 1 uur

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Brady answers all manner of viewer questions about Numberphile - and a few unrelated topics too. Lees meer

Learn more about Jane Street’s Internships at - https://jane-st.co/internship-numberphile-pod-25

A YouTube version of this episode - https://youtu.be/prT2YRwKc9w

Breakfast Sound Checks - https://youtu.be/IMItxzSZs0E

A list of Brady’s channels - https://www.bradyharanblog.com/projects

Rubik interview - https://youtu.be/zkRxfmECWSM

Zeeman Medal Lecture - https://youtu.be/tsZkzxEhpHk

The fastest ever snooker 147 - https://youtu.be/9D2rFMPN9js

Graham’s Number - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKZEG7KVg6HfdN2uWFLIB5q

6174 - https://youtu.be/d8TRcZklX_Q

Epic Circles - https://youtu.be/sG_6nlMZ8f4

Brady in Antarctica - https://www.bradyharanblog.com/antarctica-intro

The Unmade Podcast - https://www.unmade.fm/

Bibledex - https://www.youtube.com/bibledex

The White Gloves of Destiny - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd5y2WfrtsPq03H4uZSvJCBYBeBDBOmQ0

Boiling Water at Mt Everest - https://youtu.be/JTL4dj3Gx1o

Brady Numbers on the OEIS - https://oeis.org/A247698

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

Thanks also to Ben Delo

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

The Indecisive Statistics Professor - with Chris Oates

15 juli 2025 · 48 min

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Chris Oates is a professor of statistics at Newcastle University - he got there despite being somewhat indecisive about his career. Lees meer

This episode was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust, a UK-based organisation which funds ambitious blue skies research across various disciplines - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk

Professor Oates was the recipient of prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023

See a video with Professor Oates on Numberphile describing the Stein Paradox - https://youtu.be/FUQwijSDzg8

Chris Oates webpage - https://oates.work

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

Thanks also to Ben Delo.

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

Counting Crayons - with Po-Ling Loh

14 december 2024 · 39 min

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Po-Ling Loh is an American theoretical statistician based at the University of Cambridge. She discusses her childhood, choosing a university, and her path to higher dimensional statistics and differential privacy. Lees meer

She also compares life as an academic in the US and UK.

This episode was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust, a UK-based organisation which funds ambitious blue skies research across various disciplines - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/

Professor Loh was the recipient of a Philip Leverhulme Prize. More about her prize here - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023

Professor Loh’s website - https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~pll28/

BREAKING NEWS: The Largest Known Prime Number

24 oktober 2024 · 40 min

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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. Lees meer

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 juli 2024 · 54 min

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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. Lees meer

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

Winnie the Math Whiz - with Danica McKellar

2 juli 2024 · 45 min

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Catch a video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/xMAiBBxQGZI Lees meer

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 Hyper-Curious Billionaire - Jim Simons (1938-2024)

6 juni 2024 · 38 min

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This podcast marks the passing of James Harris Simons, better-known as Jim. Lees meer

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

A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth

16 januari 2024 · 54 min

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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”. Lees meer

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

The Math of Movies - with Walt Hickey

12 oktober 2023 · 51 min

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Data journalist Walt Hickey looks deep into the numbers behind movies, TV shows, and all types of popular culture. Lees meer

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

Finding Your Place - with Federico Ardila

23 augustus 2023 · 55 min

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Federico Ardila is a combinatorialist at San Francisco State University. He’s Colombian and in 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. Lees meer

Federico’s site - https://fardila.com

SFSU page - https://math.sfsu.edu/faculty/ardila

SLMath supports Numberphile - https://www.slmath.org

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

Yes, I accept the Fields Medal - with James Maynard

2 augustus 2023 · 28 min

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Oxford mathematician James Maynard explains why he feared accidentally refusing the most famous prize in mathematics. Lees meer

Watch this full interview on YouTube - https://youtu.be/yz-5BY_TTNI

Full 2022 Fields Medal Winners - https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal/fields-medals-2022

See our Fields Medal Playlist - https://bit.ly/Fields_Playlist

More James Maynard videos - https://bit.ly/JamesMaynard

James Maynard - https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/people/professor-james-maynard/

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

An A-Class Reject - with Ed Copeland

21 februari 2023 · 1 uur 4 min

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He dreamed of being a great cricketer - but his love for equations led Ed Copeland to a career in theoretical physics.

Check out opportunities with episode sponsor Jane Street

Ed Copeland at the University of Nottingham

Numberphile videos with Ed

Some physics videos with Ed

A trilogy of longer videos with Ed

You can support Numberphile on Patreon

With thanks to SLMath

A Chain of Chance - with Michael Merrifield

18 januari 2023 · 1 uur 6 min

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Episode sponsored by Jane Street - check out their latest opportunities - https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/overview/ Lees meer

Professor Michael Merrifield - https://about.me/michael.merrifield

Mike's Twitter - https://twitter.com/AstroMikeMerri

Mike Merrifield Video Playlist - http://bit.ly/Merrifield_Playlist

Sixty Symbols - Physics videos, many featuring Mike - https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols

Deep Sky Videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/deepskyvideos

Messier Objects Playlist - http://bit.ly/MessierObjects

Ralph Merrifield - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Merrifield

Ralph Merrifield author page on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3Hff0Gj

Galactic Astronomy by James Binney and Michael Merrifield - https://amzn.to/3Xme4Fs

Hand-written version of Mike's 'Good Will Hunting' paper - https://brady-haran.squarespace.com/s/MerrifieldPaperHandWritten.pdf

And here is the published version - https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1990AJ.....99.1548M

You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile) like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

With thanks to SLMath - https://www.msri.org

Finding a Path - with Tatiana Toro

13 december 2022 · 44 min

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Professor Toro is the new director of the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SL Math). Lees meer

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

An Educated Adult - with Tadashi Tokieda

11 juli 2022 · 1 uur 14 min

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Tadashi at Stanford - https://mathematics.stanford.edu/people/tadashi-tokieda Lees meer

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 mei 2022 · 37 min

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Professor Hannah Fry discusses her cervical cancer diagnosis - and subsequent attempt to make sense of it all. Lees meer

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 april 2022 · 51 min

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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. Lees meer

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/

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The First and Last Digits of Pi

14 maart 2022 · 43 min

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Three One Four: A Number of Notes - http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/pi/piday2022/ Lees meer

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/

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An Infinite Debt - with Christopher Havens (Prisoner #349034)

13 februari 2022 · 50 min

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Catch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/DPyWf4cI548 Lees meer

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

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The Little Star - with Zvezdelina Stankova

13 januari 2022 · 58 min

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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/

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Google's 'DeepMind' does Mathematics

2 december 2021 · 37 min

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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. Lees meer

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/

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Making Sense of Infinity - with Asaf Karagila

28 augustus 2021 · 54 min

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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. Lees meer

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 juli 2021 · 51 min

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Mathematical greatness can strike at any time - even on the train between Oxford and London. Lees meer

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/

The Naked Mathematician - with Tom Crawford

31 mei 2021 · 58 min

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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. Lees meer

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

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Beauty in the Messiness - with Philip Moriarty

3 april 2021 · 39 min

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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

The Golden Ratio music video

Phil's blog

Want more? Hear Phil with Brady on The Unmade Podcast

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/

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The High Jumping Cosmologist - with Katie Mack

25 februari 2021 · 55 min

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Astrophysicist Katie Mack discusses Twitter, athletics, mathematics, and the small matter of the fate of the Universe.

Katie Mack's website

And her Twitter @AstroKatie

The End of Everything - Dr Mack's book on Amazon

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/

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Rockstar Epidemiologists - with Adam Kucharski

2 februari 2021 · 45 min

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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.

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/

Adam Kucharski's website

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

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Statistics and Saving Lives - with Jennifer Rogers

11 december 2020 · 56 min

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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's TEDx Talk

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

Crystal Balls with Hannah Fry

Why Study Mathematics - with Vicky Neale

8 december 2020 · 45 min

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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 author page on Amazon

Vicky's craft, including the prime bracelets

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Club Automatic - with Alex Bellos

25 november 2020 · 54 min

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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

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Quiz Shows and Math Anxiety - with Bobby Seagull

23 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 24 min

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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 Seagull's website

Bobby on Twitter

Bobby's book The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers

National Numeracy

West Ham Utd

Watch Bobby on University Challenge

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Nursery Rhymes and Numbers - with Alan Stewart

5 oktober 2020 · 54 min

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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.

Check out the album on Amazon

On iTunes

Spotify

And on Bandcamp

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!

Oh, this fire log one was good too

The Importance of Numbers - with Tim Harford

12 september 2020 · 47 min

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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

Tim Harford books on Amazon

Tim's video on Numberphile

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Why Did The Mathematician Cross The Road? - with Roger Penrose

8 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 5 min

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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.

Roger Penrose Wikipedia

Roger Penrose books - Amazon

The Order of Merit

The Theory of Everything - 2014 movie about Stephen Hawking

Penrose Tiling

Penrose Toilet Paper

The San Francisco Transit Center with its Penrose Tiling

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The Third Cornet - with Katie Steckles

23 juli 2020 · 1 uur

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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.

Katie Steckles website

Follow Katie on Twitter

Talking Maths in Public

Check out Katie's videos on Numberphile

Support this podcast - and our videos - via Patreon

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Apologies for the change in audio quality part way through - we had technical issues!

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The Mathematical Showman - Ron Graham (1935-2020)

13 juli 2020 · 39 min

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The Mathematical Showman - Ron Graham (1935-2020) Lees meer

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Tributes to mathematician Ronald Graham - a man of many talents.

Our guests include Steve Butler, Tom Leighton, and Joe Buhler

Ron Graham 'fan' webpage

Ron Graham papers

Ron Graham on Numberphile

A collection of Numberphile videos about Graham's Number

Tom Leighton written tribute to Ron

Steve Butler tribute to Ron

The Numeracy Ambassador - with Simon Pampena

1 juli 2020 · 1 uur

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Speaking with Simon Pampena, Australia's National Numeracy Ambassador who once dreamed of being a Jedi.

Simon Pampena website

Videos with Simon on Numberphile

Epic Circles and The Legend of Question Six

Simon on Twitter

Beyond 2000

The Malls' Balls are also discussed in our Quiz Episode with Matt Parker

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Support us on Patreon - we appreciate your help

The Patron Wall of Fame

You can also catch this episode on the Numberphile2 YouTube channel

The Happy Twin - with Ben Sparks

27 mei 2020 · 1 uur 2 min

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Our guest is Ben Sparks - teacher, math populariser, and Numberphile regular.

Ben Sparks website

Videos with Ben on Numberphile

Video of Tim Sparks performing Your Own Idea - Nikko Fir and here's Tim's website

A pic of Ben and Tim

The Bill Clinton picture

Ben's Mandelbrot Video on Numberphile

Advanced Mathematics Support Programme

Talking Maths in Public

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Support us on Patreon - we appreciate your help

The Patron Wall of Fame

The Parker Quiz - with Matt Parker

21 mei 2020 · 56 min

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Matt Parker takes a quiz prepared by Brady. The YouTube version of this quiz contains a few visuals.

Do you like quizzes and puzzles and interactive courses? Then definitely check out episode sponsor Brilliant - and go to brilliant.org/numberphile for 20% off a premium subscription

Many of the links below contain QUIZ SPOILERS.

Matt Parker is standupmaths - his website has links to most stuff

Matt's books on Amazon

Matt's first appearance on this podcast

Matt's videos on Numberphile

Terry Tao on Numberphile

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

Millennium Problems

Festival of The Spoken Nerd, featuring Matt with Steve Mould and Helen Arney

Steve and Matt's YouTube channels

The Parker Square

The video which created the Parker Square legend

Parker Square T-Shirt

Bonnie Parker

Matthew Parker

Ernest Parker

Latin/Euler Squares on Numberphile

Parker Solar Probe

Lucie Green's PhD thesis

Edna Parker

Professor's Cube

Superbowl 50

Luc Longley

West Coast Eagles win the 1992 AFL Grand Final

The Malls Balls

Australia's Highest Point

And the lowest

Akshay Venkatesh

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The Accidental Streamer - with 3blue1brown

19 april 2020 · 33 min

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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

Grant's channel - 3blue1brown

Grant's first live lesson

Exponential Growth - 3 blue1brown

Simulating an epidemic - 3blue1brown

The Coronavirus Curve with Ben Sparks - Numberphile

Itempool

Matt Parker

Ben Eater

Nicky Case Tweet

The Accidental Stream

Grant's eye video on Objectivity

Objectivity channel

The Legendary John Conway (1937-2020)

13 april 2020 · 38 min

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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

Does John Conway hate his Game of Life?

Inventing Game of Life

Life, Death and the Monster

Look-and-Say Numbers

Monster Group

Siobhan Roberts

David Eisenbud

Colm Mulcahy

Tony Padilla

Crystal Balls and Coronavirus - with Hannah Fry

10 april 2020 · 45 min

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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: Contacts in context: large-scale setting-specific social mixing matrices from the BBC Pandemic project

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

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