The Numberphile Podcast

Fields Medallist Sir Timothy Gowers discusses his career - and the role of 'begrudging admiration' in mathematics. [Sir Timothy Gowers webpage](https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~wtg10/) [Timothy Gowers blog](https://gowers.wordpress.com) [And his Twitter](https://twitter.com/wtgowers) [The Fields Medal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal) [Terminator 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_...

We speak with Neil Sloane - creator and keeper of the famed 'On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences'. [OEIS](https://oeis.org) Sequences we featured from the OEIS included [Fibonacci Numbers](https://oeis.org/A000045), [A068679](https://oeis.org/A068679), [Bell or exponential numbers](https://oeis.org/A000110),[A000435 - The Genesis Sequence](https://oeis.org/A000435), [Euler totient function](...

We record at the Royal Society in London, with Isaac Newton's original calculus papers. [Infinite Powers by Steven Strogatz](https://amzn.to/31ywxCg) [Steve's author page on Amazon](https://amzn.to/2KlABjW) [Some bonus video footage we filmed at the Royal Society](https://youtu.be/Sz5fqryP7ls) [Hannah Fry with the same documents on Objectivity](https://youtu.be/LN--erHStqA) [And the Principia on O...

From a difficult school to serving two terms as president of the juggling club - James Grime discusses his mathematical journey. [James Grime website - include a section to book his talks](https://www.singingbanana.com/) [A selection of James' videos on Numberphile](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWLNZRKWlcRmTABh_SExiiCj) [James' own channel - Singing Banana](https://www.youtube.c...

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](https://amzn.to/2Yqiyw0) [Book on the publisher's website](http://bit.ly/UrschelBook) [John's math publications](http://math.mit.edu/~urschel/papers.html) [John's NFL stats](http://www.nfl.com/player/johnurschel/2543845/...

David Eisenbud's entertaining stories about mathematics are a fascinating glimpse into how math works - how it really works. MSRI - where David is director - https://www.msri.org David Eisenbud's Berkeley page with some links to publications - https://math.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/david-eisenbud Google Scholar citations - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=i8hLJxkAAAAJ&hl=en Videos with...

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](http://bit.ly/Humble_Pi) [Matt Parker videos on Numberphile](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKuRpivZd_ivR2EvEzKrDUu) [Matt's website](http://standupmaths.com/) [The notorious Parker Square video](https://www.yo...

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](https://simonsingh.net) [Watch Simon's videos on Numberphile](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKud-hE7nPWDOxetUjunE2F) [parallel - as discussed on the show](https://p...

Computer hackers, Klein bottles and searching for a lost teacher - Cliff Stoll is a man with stories to tell. [Cliff's Klein bottle website](http://www.kleinbottle.com) [The man with 1000 Klein bottles under this house](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3mVnRlQLU) [Cliff Stoll videos on Numberphile](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJeBhzCJ_JXdaIXi_YJl7Bh) [The Cuckoo's Egg by Clif...

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', written as a schoolgirl. [Hannah's website - including links to her papers](http://www.hannahfry.co.uk) [Numberphile videos featuring Hannah Fry](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKlde0YsnDEFXd-dK3dIZYh...

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](https://math.berkeley.edu/~ribet/) [The AMS](https://www.ams.org/home/page) [Ken's famous paper](https://math.berkeley.edu/~ribet/Articles/invent_100.pdf) [The Wiles Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2118559?seq=1#page_scan_...

Grant Sanderson makes incredibly popular math videos - but his views on math education may surprise you. 3blue1brown on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw Grant's 'Hope Diamond' Eye - https://twitter.com/numberphile/status/793632149656272896) The actual Hope Diamond - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond With thanks to... MSRI - https://www.msri.org Meyer Soun...