The Numberphile Podcast

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**The Numberphile Podcast**

Interviews with people who love numbers and mathematics. Hosted by Brady Haran, maker of the Numberphile series on YouTube.

Latest Episodes:

Gondor Calls For Aid - with Kit Yates Mar 31, 2020

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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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Champaign Mathematician - with Holly Krieger Dec 13, 2019

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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

With thanks to

Coffin Problems - with Edward Frenkel Dec 03, 2019

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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

With thanks to

MSRI

Meyer Sound

The Badly Behaved Prime - with James Maynard Nov 10, 2019

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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

With thanks to

MSRI

Meyer Sound

Fame and Admiration - with Timothy Gowers Oct 22, 2019

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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

The unconditional basic sequence problem

Szemerédi's theorem

Tim Gowers International Math Olympiad results

The Fields Medal with Cédric Villani - Numberphile

With thanks to

MSRI

Meyer Sound

The Number Collector - with Neil Sloane Aug 14, 2019

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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

With thanks to

MSRI

Meyer Sound

The C-Word - talking Calculus with Steven Strogatz Jun 17, 2019

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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

With thanks to

MSRI

Meyer Sound

The Singing Banana - with James Grime May 20, 2019

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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

With thanks to

MSRI

Meyer Sound

The Offensive Lineman - with John Urschel May 14, 2019

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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

MSRI

Meyer Sound

Numberphile merchandise

A Proof in the Drawer - with David Eisenbud Apr 07, 2019

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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

With thanks to

Meyer Sound

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