The Secrets of Mathematics

A podcast by Oxford University

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93 Episodes

  1. The Mathematics of Visual Illusions - Ian Stewart

    Published: 1/5/2017
  2. How can we understand our complex economy? - J. Doyne Farmer

    Published: 11/10/2016
  3. Autism and Minds Wired for Science

    Published: 10/31/2016
  4. As he retires from the the Savilian Chair of Geometry, Oxford Mathematician Nigel Hitchin reflects

    Published: 10/19/2016
  5. Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe - Roger Penrose

    Published: 10/19/2016
  6. Roger Heath-Brown a Life in Mathematics

    Published: 9/17/2016
  7. Modelling genes: the backwards and forwards of mathematical population genetics - Alison Etheridge

    Published: 7/6/2016
  8. What We Cannot Know - Marcus du Sautoy

    Published: 5/16/2016
  9. The Travelling Santa Problem and Other Seasonal Challenges - Marcus du Sautoy

    Published: 12/18/2015
  10. Symmetry, Spaces and Undecidability - Martin Bridson

    Published: 12/7/2015
  11. Putting the Higgs Boson in its Place

    Published: 11/16/2015
  12. M. C. Escher - Artist, Mathematician, Man

    Published: 10/28/2015
  13. The Gomboc, the Turtle and the Evolution of Shape - Gabor Domokos

    Published: 7/1/2015
  14. Birth of an Idea: A Mathematical Adventure - Cedric Villani

    Published: 3/12/2015
  15. Why climate change action is difficult and how we can make a difference - David MacKay

    Published: 12/4/2014
  16. Forbidden Crystal Symmetry: Mathematics and architecture - Roger Penrose

    Published: 12/4/2014
  17. What Maths Really Does: From modelling the brain to modelling the climate - Alain Goriely

    Published: 12/4/2014
  18. The History of Mathematics in 300 Stamps - Robin Wilson

    Published: 12/3/2014
  19. Big Data's Big Deal - Viktor Mayer-Schonberger

    Published: 11/20/2014
  20. Extra Time: Professor Sir Roger Penrose in conversation with Andrew Hodges - part one

    Published: 6/18/2014

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A series of talks and lectures from Oxford Mathematicians exploring the power and beauty of their subject. These talks would appeal to anyone interested in mathematics and its ever-growing range of applications from medicine to economics and beyond.