A Brief History of Mathematics Podcast
Professor of Mathematics Marcus du Sautoy reveals the personalities behind the calculations and argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science
Episodes to download
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Nicolas Bourbaki
Fri 25 Jun 2010
Prof Marcus du Sautoy presents Nicolas Bourbaki, the mathematician that never was.
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Hardy and Ramanujan
Thu 24 Jun 2010
GH Hardy, whose work inspired the millions of codes that help to keep the internet safe.
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Henri Poincare
Wed 23 Jun 2010
Marcus du Sautoy introduces the man whose mathematical insight gave rise to chaos theory.
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Georg Cantor
Tue 22 Jun 2010
Prof Marcus du Sautoy introduces Georg Cantor and his theory of transfinite numbers.
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The Mathematicians Who Helped Einstein
Mon 21 Jun 2010
The pioneering 19th-century mathematicians who helped Albert Einstein with his maths.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Fri 18 Jun 2010
How the Gaussian or normal distribution underpins modern medicine.
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Evariste Galois
Thu 17 Jun 2010
How the maths begun by Evariste Galois describes the particles that make up our universe.
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Joseph Fourier
Wed 16 Jun 2010
How Joseph Fourier's mathematics transformed our understanding of heat, light and sound.
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Leonard Euler
Tue 15 Jun 2010
How a solution to a 1700s conundrum enables us to access information on the internet.
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Newton and Leibniz
Mon 14 Jun 2010
An astronaut and an investment analyst pay homage to the enormous power of the calculus.
