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  1. Gondor Calls For Aid - with Kit Yates

    31 maart 2020 · 28 min

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    Mathematical biologist Kit Yates discussing the coronavirus pandemic.

    Kit Yates website

    Kit on Twitter

    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

    Tom Crawford on the SIR Model

    Kurzgesagt on COVID-19

    Extended presentation by Nick Jewell for MSRI

    With thanks to MSRI

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  2. Champaign Mathematician - with Holly Krieger

    13 december 2019 · 40 min

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    From Illinois to Cambridgeshire, Holly Krieger’s path to mathematics was an unusual one.

    Holly’s webpage

    And her publications

    Watch Holly on Numberphile

    Math or Maths?

    Champaign, Illinois

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  3. Coffin Problems - with Edward Frenkel

    3 december 2019 · 1 uur 22 min

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    Edward Frenkel's fascinating mathematical journey - from the Soviet Union to the United States.

    Edward's website

    Love and Math - Edward's book via Amazon

    Edward on Twitter

    His videos on Numberphile

    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

    Frenkel research papers

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  4. The Badly Behaved Prime - with James Maynard

    10 november 2019 · 42 min

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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

    And wins the Cole Prize

    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

    James Maynard playlist

    Prime Number playlist

    Numberphile on Patreon

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  5. Fame and Admiration - with Timothy Gowers

    22 oktober 2019 · 54 min

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    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

    Timothy Gowers blog

    And his Twitter

    The Fields Medal

    Terminator 2

    The unconditional basic sequence problem

    Szemerédi's theorem

    Tim Gowers International Math Olympiad results

    The Fields Medal with Cédric Villani - Numberphile

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  6. The Number Collector - with Neil Sloane

    14 augustus 2019 · 56 min

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

    OEIS

    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

    Neil Sloane homepage

    Traralgon and Brady’s podcast with Tim from Traralgon

    1956 Melbourne Olympics

    Neil’s works on Amazon

    Neil’s PhD thesis

    Sloane's Gap - Numberphile

    The Slightly Spooky Recaman Sequence - Numberphile

    Guardian article on Neil Sloane

    Works citing the OEIS

    OEIS Foundation and donations

    Birth of the Brady Numbers

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

    17 juni 2019 · 51 min

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    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 Amazon

    Some bonus video footage we filmed at the Royal Society

    Hannah Fry with the same documents on Objectivity

    And the Principia on Objectivity

    The Royal Society

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  8. The Singing Banana - with James Grime

    20 mei 2019 · 1 uur 13 min

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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 - 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

    Status: Black Eagle

    James talks about Enigma

    Brady’s Bibledex

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  9. The Offensive Lineman - with John Urschel

    14 mei 2019 · 37 min

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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

    John's math publications

    John's NFL stats

    With thanks to

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    Numberphile merchandise

  10. A Proof in the Drawer - with David Eisenbud

    7 april 2019 · 1 uur 15 min

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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

    David Eisenbud's MSRI page with some links to publications and other material

    Google Scholar citations

    Videos with David on Numberphile

    The 17-gon video

    David's math genealogy

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  11. Parker Square - with Matt Parker

    24 februari 2019 · 52 min

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    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

    Matt's website

    The notorious Parker Square video

    Parker Square T-Shirts via Numberphile on Teespring

    The Malls Balls

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    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

  12. The Math Storyteller - with Simon Singh

    11 februari 2019 · 1 uur 12 min

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    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

    Simon's books on Amazon

    Quest for a new £50 note

    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…

    Hello Internet

    The Unmade Podcast

  13. The Klein Bottle Guy - with Cliff Stoll

    8 januari 2019 · 59 min

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    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 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

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  14. Delicious Problems - with Hannah Fry

    16 december 2018 · 52 min

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    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

    Hannah Fry books on Amazon US

    Hannah Fry books on Amazon UK

    Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

    Thanks to BBC 6 Music for the clip from Shaun Keaveny's show

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  15. Fermat’s Last Theorem - with Ken Ribet

    22 november 2018 · 48 min

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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.

    Ken Ribet’s home page

    The AMS

    Ken’s famous paper

    The Wiles Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem

    Numberphile video with Ken about his work

    Ken’s 87 hair cuts

    Simon Singh discusses Fermat’s Last Theorem in a Numberphile video

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  16. The Hope Diamond - with 3blue1brown

    5 november 2018 · 1 uur 3 min

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    Grant Sanderson makes incredibly popular math videos - but his views on math education may surprise you.

    3blue1brown on YouTube

    Grant's 'Hope Diamond' Eye

    The actual Hope Diamond

    With thanks to...

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    Podcast by Brady Haran