Episode – 2152 : Chaos Theory and the Butterfly Effect Podcast Transcript For centuries, scientists imagined the universe as a giant clock, where every motion could, in theory, be predicted. […]
Episode – 2020 : Insanely Ridiculously Absurdly Large Numbers
Episode – 2020 : Insanely Ridiculously Absurdly Large Numbers Podcast Transcript One of the first mathematical concepts that most of us grasp when we are children is that there is […]
Episode – 1890 : Six Degrees of Separation
Episode – 1890 : Six Degrees of Separation Podcast Transcript You may have noticed, on occasion, that friends you have from totally different parts of your life sometimes know each […]
Episode – 1864 : The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio
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 – 1263 : Non-Euclidean Geometry
Episode – 1263 : Non-Euclidean Geometry Podcast Transcript If anyone has taken some basic mathematics, you are probably familiar with Euclidian Geometry. Euclidean geometry is what most people just call […]
Episode – 1242 : Gerrymandering
Episode – 1242 : Gerrymandering Podcast Transcript Winston Churchill once said, “Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time […]
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 – 1025 : The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation
Episode – 1025 : The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation Podcast Transcript In 1897, the visionary Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky discovered an equation that governed how rockets worked. His […]
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 – 0922 : Zeno’s Paradoxes
Episode – 0922 : Zeno’s Paradoxes Podcast Transcript About 2,500 years ago, a Greek philosopher by the name of Zeno of Elea proposed several paradoxes about the natural word. His […]