Episode – 1864 : The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio Podcast Transcript Two of the most important concepts that can be found in the world of mathematics and nature […]
Episode – 1648 : Fractals
Episode – 1648 : Fractals Podcast Transcript Some of the most beautiful things in the world of mathematics are fractals. Fractals are unique geometric objects that are both easy to […]
Episode – 1604 : Fermat’s Last Theorem
Episode – 1604 : Fermat’s Last Theorem Podcast Transcript For more than 350 years, a single problem stumped the world of mathematics. The problem was extremely simple to state, yet […]
Episode – 1581 : Squaring the Circle
Episode – 1581 : Squaring the Circle Podcast Transcript Ancient mathematics was very different than the mathematics you are used to today. Two primary tools ancient mathematicians used were the […]
Episode – 1489 : Questions and Answers: Volume 21
Episode – 1489 : Questions and Answers: Volume 21 Podcast Transcript In 8 BC, the Roman senate passed a resolution renaming the month of Sextillis to August to honor the […]
Episode – 1477 : A Brief History of Nothing
Episode – 1477 : A Brief History of Nothing Podcast Transcript One of the most difficult concepts for early thinkers to get their heads around was the idea of nothing. […]
Episode – 1309 : Formal Logic
Episode – 1309 : Formal Logic Podcast Transcript Located in the area between philosophy and mathematics is the realm of logic.Logic permeates everything we do, from the work of Aristotle […]
Episode – 1275 : e: Euler’s Number
Episode – 1275 : e: Euler’s Number Podcast Transcript There are an infinite number of numbers, but some numbers are more important than others. One number, which might just be […]
Episode – 1209 : What is Calculus?
Episode – 1209 : What is Calculus? Podcast Transcript As early as 2400 years ago, Greek philosophers were coming up with paradoxes that seemingly had no solution. Early mathematicians came […]
Episode – 1122 : Permutations and Combinations
Episode – 1122 : Permutations and Combinations Podcast Transcript Whenever there is a lottery, the odds of winning are given. If you go to a pizzeria, they might tell you […]
Episode – 1087 : Tau
Episode – 1087 : Tau Podcast Transcript For the last 250 years, there has been a problem in the world of mathematics. There is a good argument to be made […]
Episode – 1050 : Irrational Numbers
Episode – 1050 : Irrational Numbers Podcast Transcript There is a particular type of number that is so common we have keys on calculators to handle them. However, thousands of […]
Episode – 0991 : Negative Numbers
Episode – 0991 : Negative Numbers Podcast Transcript Over the span of human history, there are certain ideas that humans have had a very difficult time accepting. Ideas that no […]
Episode – 0819 : The Days of the Week
Episode – 0819 : The Days of the Week Podcast Transcript Most of our major divisions of time are based on some sort of natural event. A year is one […]
Episode – 0768 : Innumeracy
Episode – 0768 : Innumeracy Podcast Transcript Over the last several centuries, there has been a concerted effort to raise literacy rates around the world. For the most part, although […]
Episode – 0736 : Imaginary Numbers
Episode – 0736 : Imaginary Numbers Podcast Transcript In the history of mathematics, there were several times when mathematicians encountered problems that they didn’t know what to make of. It […]
Episode – 0634 : The Brachistochrone Problem
Episode – 0634 : The Brachistochrone Problem Podcast Transcript In 1696, the mathematician Johann Bernoulli posited a very simple question. Assuming no friction, what was the fastest shape for an […]
Episode – 0616 : Pi Day
Episode – 0616 : Pi Day Podcast Transcript Every year on March 14, the world celebrates one of the most important mathematical constants: pi. It is a number which appears […]
Episode – 0579 : The Babbage Analytical Engine
Episode – 0579 : The Babbage Analytical Engine Podcast Transcript Computers have obviously transformed our world. You wouldn’t be listing to my voice right now if it wasn’t for computers. […]
Episode – 0559 : Prime Numbers
Episode – 0559 : Prime Numbers Podcast Transcript Prime numbers are considered to be the building blocks of mathematics. Every natural number can be broken down into the constituent prime […]