The Secrets of Mathematics


(4.4 stars; 16 reviews)

University of Oxford Podcasts

Chapters

Birth of an Idea: A Mathematical Adventure 57:11 Read by Cedric Villani
Why climate change action is difficult and how we can make a difference 1:00:49 Read by David MacKay
Forbidden Crystal Symmetry: Mathematics and architecture 55:01 Read by Roger Penrose
What Maths Really Does: From modelling the brain to modelling the climate 58:55 Read by Alain Goriely
The History of Mathematics in 300 Stamps 56:47 Read by Robin Wilson
Big Data's Big Deal 44:14 Read by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger
Love and Math 58:17 Read by Edward Frenkel and Marcus du Sautoy
Extra Time: Professor Sir Roger Penrose in conversation with Andrew Hodges - par… 51:13 Read by Roger Penrose and Andrew Hodges
Extra Time: Professor Sir Roger Penrose in conversation with Andrew Hodges - par… 42:31 Read by Roger Penrose and Andrew Hodges
Sir Michael Atiyah, a Life in Mathematics In conversation with Paul Tod on the o… 32:30 Read by Paul, Tod and Michael Atiyah
James D Murray, Reflections of a life in Academia, in conversation with Phillip … 55:22 Read by James D Murray and Phillip Maini
Why there are no three-headed monsters, resolving some problems with brain tumou… 1:19:09 Read by James D Murray
Bryce McLeod, a Life in Mathematics In conversation with John Ball 1:00:06 Read by Bryce McLeod and John Ball
Partial Differential Equations: Origins, Developments and Roles in the Changing … 52:16 Read by Gui-Qiang George Chen
Prime Numbers 47:53 Read by Richard Earl
Can robots be made creative enough to invent their own language? 1:22:43 Read by Luc Steels and Marcus du Sautoy
Computation and the Future of Mathematics 51:50 Read by Stephen Wolfram
The Irrational, the chaotic and incomplete: the mathematical limits of knowledge 1:29:49 Read by Marcus du Sautoy
The Secret Mathematicians: the connections between maths and the arts 1:34:49 Read by Marcus du Sautoy
Symmetry: a talk based on his second book, 'Finding Moonshine' 1:36:29 Read by Marcus du Sautoy
The Music of the Primes: a talk about the Riemann Hypothesis and primes 1:09:30 Read by Marcus du Sautoy
Maths in Music: The Secret Mathematicians 51:41 Read by Marcus du Sautoy

Reviews

this view is interesting to me and is food for thought.


(4 stars)