Travels in a Mathematical World

Episode 36. Sarah Shepherd joins me to look over some recent maths news. Topics include evolution of numeracy, electric fish, 'phantom' traffic jams, maths v. superstition, gender, Dara O'Briain, sporting mathematicians, maths teaching and the Royal Society Summer Science.

Episode 35. As university students prepare to graduate I ask Terry Edwards about IMA Professional Development and Chartered Mathematician Status.

Episode 34. Dr. Eugenia Cheng from the University of Sheffield talks to me about what she likes about mathematics, her area of category theory and TheCatsters YouTube channel.

Episode 33. Professor David Fearn of the University of Glasgow sat down with me and talked about the area of magnetohydrodynamics.

Episode 32. Sarah Shepherd joins me to look over some recent maths news. Topics include Wolfram|Alpha, mathematicians and the credit crunch, the Christopher Zeeman medal for Ian Stewart, six degrees of seperation, quantum computing, weather forecasting and mathematical films. For more info and show notes including links to all stories mentioned visit www.travelsinamathematicalworld.co.uk

Episode 31. Matt Parker, a maths teacher, talks about his work communicating maths in ways that enthuse school students. Includes a live recording with funny gases - helium and sulfur hexafluoride - and a conversation covering maths in the simpsons, getting into teaching and the odds of winning the lottery.

Episode 30. In the regular Maths History series, Noel-Ann Bradshaw of the University of Greenwich talks about Ramanujan.

Episode 29. Noel-Ann Bradshaw of the University of Greenwich talks about her research using evolutionary algorithms for financial applications.

Episode 28. Sarah Shepherd joins me to look over some recent maths news. For more info and show notes including links to all stories mentioned visit www.travelsinamathematicalworld.co.uk

Episode 27. Immediately following the British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC) 2009, I sat down with Professor Oliver Jensen of the University of Nottingham and Co-Chair of the BAMC for a retrospective on the conference and what work is current in applied mathematics.

Episode 26. Professor Chris Budd of the University of Bath spoke to me about his view of 21st Century maths, based on his article "Confessions of an Industrial Mathematican", written for Mathematics Today.

Episode 25. In the regular Maths History series, Noel-Ann Bradshaw of the University of Greenwich and also Meetings Co-ordinator of the British Society for the History of Mathematics talks about the life and works of Fibonacci.

Episode 24. John Sharp of the London Knowledge Lab talks about his work in mathematics and art.

Episode 23. Dr. Paul Shepherd of the University of Bath speaks about two aspects of 3D modelling - decimation and subdivision. Paul also talks about what a mathematician can bring the world of engineering and architecture.

Episode 22. Mike Maher, Professor of the Mathematical Analysis of Transport Systems at the Institute for Transport Studies, Leeds University. Mike sat down with me at the University of Edinburgh and talked about his work in transport modelling.