Episode 20: Calculus and fluid dynamics

Taking Maths Further Podcast by Peter Rowlett and Katie Steckles

May 22, 2015Education

This week the topic was calculus and differentiation. We talked to Florencia Tettamanti, who’s a mathematician working on fluid dynamics. We talked about how Flo uses calculus to study the motion of fluids like air and w...

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