The Secrets of Mathematics
By Oxford University
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Description
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.
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CleanCan Yule Solve My Problems? - Alex Bellos | In our Oxford Mathematics Christmas Lecture Alex Bellos challenges you with some festive brainteasers as he tells the story of mathematical puzzles from the middle ages to modern day. | 12/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAutism and Minds Wired for Science | Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Cambridge, and Director of the Autism Research Centre, gives the 2016 Charles Simonyi Lecture on new research into autism. | 10/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAs he retires from the the Savilian Chair of Geometry, Oxford Mathematician Nigel Hitchin reflects | From early mathematical inspiration at school in Duffield, Derbyshire, Nigel recalls his often unplanned progress via Jesus College, Oxford, Princeton, Cambridge and Warwick, before his final return to Oxford. | 10/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe - Roger Penrose | What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, scientists are immune to trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy? | 10/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRoger Heath-Brown a Life in Mathematics | Roger Heath-Brown is one of Oxford's foremost mathematicians. | 9/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanModelling genes: the backwards and forwards of mathematical population genetics - Alison Etheridge | In this lecture Professor Alison Etheridge explores some of the simple mathematical caricatures that underpin our understanding of modern genetic data. | 7/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Prime Number Theorem | Oxford Students discuss the Prime Number Theorem. | 6/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat We Cannot Know - Marcus du Sautoy | Science is giving us unprecedented insight into the big questions that have challenged humanity. | 5/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Travelling Santa Problem and Other Seasonal Challenges - Marcus du Sautoy | The Oxford Mathematics Christmas Public Lecture 2015 examined an aspect of Christmas not often considered: the mathematics. | 12/18/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSymmetry, Spaces and Undecidability - Martin Bridson | The understanding of the possible geometries in dimension 3 is one of the triumphs of 20th century mathematics. In this talk Martin Bridson explains why such an understanding is impossible in higher dimensions. | 12/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPutting the Higgs Boson in its Place | Professor Melissa Franklin talks about her experiences working towards the discovery of the Higgs Boson and her work today at the Large Hadron Collider | 11/16/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanM. C. Escher - Artist, Mathematician, Man | M.C. Escher is known as the mathematician's (and hippie's) favourite artist. But why? And was Escher, a man who claimed he knew no mathematics, really a mathematical genius? | 10/28/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Gomboc, the Turtle and the Evolution of Shape - Gabor Domokos | Gabor Domokos gives a talk on his mathematical journey that led to the creation of the Gomboc, the shape which has just one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium. | 7/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBirth of an Idea: A Mathematical Adventure - Cedric Villani | What goes on inside the mind of a mathematician? Where does inspiration come from? Cedric Villani, winner of the most prestigious prize in mathematics, the Fields Medal, explains the process. Inaugural Titchmarsh Lecture 2015. | 3/12/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanForbidden Crystal Symmetry: Mathematics and architecture - Roger Penrose | World-renowned mathematician Sir Roger Penrose, Oxford University, describes how crystalline symmetries are necessarily 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, or 6-fold. | 12/4/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Maths Really Does: From modelling the brain to modelling the climate - Alain Goriely | How has mathematics emerged over recent decades as the engine behind 21st century science? Alain Goriely looks at this question and more. | 12/4/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe History of Mathematics in 300 Stamps - Robin Wilson | The entire history of mathematics in one hour, as illustrated by around 300 postage stamps featuring mathematics and mathematicians from across the world. | 12/3/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBig Data's Big Deal - Viktor Mayer-Schonberger | Big Data promises to change all sectors of our economy, and deeply affect our society. | 11/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanExtra Time: Professor Sir Roger Penrose in conversation with Andrew Hodges - part one | These two video sessions explore the development of Sir Roger Penrose's thought over more than 60 years, ending with his most recent theories and predictions. | 6/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanExtra Time: Professor Sir Roger Penrose in conversation with Andrew Hodges - part two | These two video sessions explore the development of Sir Roger Penrose’s thought over more than 60 years, ending with his most recent theories and predictions. | 6/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSir Michael Atiyah, a Life in Mathematics | In conversation with Paul Tod on the occasion of Sir Michael's 85th birthday conference. | 5/12/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy there are no three-headed monsters, resolving some problems with brain tumours, divorce prediction and how to save marriages - James D Murray | Professor James D Murray, Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Biology, University of Oxford and Senior Scholar, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, gives the annual Hooke Lecture. | 3/21/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBryce McLeod, a Life in Mathematics In conversation with John Ball | A portrait of the contribution that Bryce McLeod has made to mathematics over his career together with his recollections of formative people and events. | 3/11/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMaths in Music: The Secret Mathematicians - Marcus du Sautoy | Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk for the 2013 Oxford Alumni Weekend. | 1/14/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Stunning!
Recommended to anyone who understands English.
