Episodes
A team of composers and musicians have joined forces to re-imagine classic nursery rhymes with new counts, timings and tempos. It's dubbed Tuplets for Toddlers, and has been led Numberphile's resident composer Alan Stewart.
Check out the album on Amazon
And on Bandcamp
Links for iTunes, Spotify and others will be added as they come online
An old interview with Alan can be found here
A couple of Brady's favourite videos scored by Alan include this one from Mt Everest and this one from...
Published 10/05/20
Economist Tim Harford on the importance of numbers and statistics.
Tim Harford's website has links to most of his projects
Tim's book How to Make the World Add Up - signed copies on Maths Gear
Tim Harford books on Amazon
Tim's video on Numberphile
Support Numberphile on Patreon
With thanks to
MSRI
Published 09/12/20
Sir Roger Penrose is one of the biggest names in mathematics AND physics. Here he talks about sibling rivalry, Stephen Hawking, having ideas, and toilet paper.
Roger Penrose Wikipedia
Roger Penrose books - Amazon
The Order of Merit
The Theory of Everything - 2014 movie about Stephen Hawking
Penrose Tiling
Penrose Toilet Paper
The San Francisco Transit Center with its Penrose Tiling
With thanks to
MSRI
Support us on Patreon
Published 08/08/20
Dr Katie Steckles is a mainstay of the mathematics communications scene and a regular in our videos. Here she discusses her life at school, university, and now as a freelance maths communicator. Plus life as a pirate.
Katie Steckles website
Follow Katie on Twitter
Talking Maths in Public
Check out Katie's videos on Numberphile
Support this podcast - and our videos - via Patreon
With thanks to
MSRI
Apologies for the change in audio quality part way through - we had technical issues!
Published 07/23/20
Tributes to mathematician Ronald Graham - a man of many talents.
Our guests include Steve Butler, Tom Leighton, and Joe Buhler
Ron Graham 'fan' webpage
Ron Graham papers
Ron Graham on Numberphile
A collection of Numberphile videos about Graham's Number
Tom Leighton written tribute to Ron
Steve Butler tribute to Ron
Published 07/13/20
Speaking with Simon Pampena, Australia's National Numeracy Ambassador who once dreamed of being a Jedi.
Simon Pampena website
Videos with Simon on Numberphile
Epic Circles and The Legend of Question Six
Simon on Twitter
Beyond 2000
The Malls' Balls are also discussed in our Quiz Episode with Matt Parker
With thanks to
MSRI
Support us on Patreon - we appreciate your help
The Patron Wall of Fame
You can also catch this episode on the Numberphile2 YouTube channel
Published 07/01/20
Our guest is Ben Sparks - teacher, math populariser, and Numberphile regular.
Ben Sparks website
Videos with Ben on Numberphile
Video of Tim Sparks performing Your Own Idea - Nikko Fir and here's Tim's website
A pic of Ben and Tim
The Bill Clinton picture
Ben's Mandelbrot Video on Numberphile
Advanced Mathematics Support Programme
Talking Maths in Public
With thanks to
MSRI
Support us on Patreon - we appreciate your help
The Patron Wall of Fame
Published 05/27/20
Matt Parker takes a quiz prepared by Brady. The YouTube version of this quiz contains a few visuals.
Do you like quizzes and puzzles and interactive courses? Then definitely check out episode sponsor Brilliant - and go to brilliant.org/numberphile for 20% off a premium subscription
Many of the links below contain QUIZ SPOILERS.
Matt Parker is standupmaths - his website has links to most stuff
Matt's books on Amazon
Matt's first appearance on this podcast
Matt's videos on...
Published 05/21/20
Grant Sanderson from 3blue1brown returns to the podcast to talk about live-streaming lessons, tracing coronavirus, and a technical mishap.
Support this podcast and Numberphile on Patreon
Grant's channel - 3blue1brown
Grant's first live lesson
Exponential Growth - 3 blue1brown
Simulating an epidemic - 3blue1brown
The Coronavirus Curve with Ben Sparks - Numberphile
Itempool
Matt Parker
Ben Eater
Nicky Case Tweet
The Accidental Stream
Grant's eye video on Objectivity
Objectivity...
Published 04/19/20
We pay tribute to John Horton Conway - with clips from the man himself, plus contributions from Siobhan Roberts, David Eisenbud, Colm Mulcahy and Tony Padilla.
Genius at Play by Siobhan Roberts
John Conway Numberphile Playlist
Does John Conway hate his Game of Life?
Inventing Game of Life
Life, Death and the Monster
Look-and-Say Numbers
Monster Group
Siobhan Roberts
David Eisenbud
Colm Mulcahy
Tony Padilla
Published 04/13/20
Dr Hannah Fry made a film two years ago which predicted the coronavirus pandemic with chilling accuracy.
Dr Hannah Fry's website - links to all her stuff
The BBC Contagion special on iPlayer
If it doesn't work on iPlayer, this is a version I found on YouTube!?
Numberphile video about the SIR curve with Ben Sparks
Numberphile discusses coronavirus mathematics with Kit Yates
False Positives on Numberphile with Lisa Goldberg
PAPER: Contacts in context: large-scale setting-specific social...
Published 04/10/20
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
Support our content via Patreon
Published 03/31/20
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
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound
Published 12/13/19
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
Published 12/03/19
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...
Published 11/10/19
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
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound
Published 10/22/19
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...
Published 08/14/19
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
Published 06/17/19
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
Published 05/20/19
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
Published 05/14/19
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
Published 04/07/19
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
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound
You can support Numberphile on Patreon
A note: Humble Pi will be released at different times in different countries, but you can get...
Published 02/24/19
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...
Published 02/11/19
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
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound
Also check out
Numberphile on Patreon
Numberphile T-Shirts and stuff
Published 01/08/19
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
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound
Published 12/16/18