Peter Rowlett, Travels in a Mathematical World
Travels in a Mathematical World is a set of 64 podcast episodes from the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. Hear mathematicians...
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Travels in a Mathematical World
A podcast from the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA). Episodes include mathematicians talking about their work, maths history and maths news.
Episodes
20 of 66 episodes64 - Peter McOwan, his career
Episode 64. Peter McOwan talks about his career, particularly how mathematics helped him work in mathematical physics, medical imaging, comp...
63 - Rhys Phillips, Electrostatic hazards in aircraft
Episode 63. Rhys Phillips of the Lightning Direct Effects Group at EADS talks about his work as a research engineer around electrostatic haz...
62 - William Simpson, Solar physics
Episode 62. William Simpson talks about his work in solar stresses and solar flares, his theological motivations for studying mathematics an...
61 - Chris Marchant, Outreach
Episode 61. Chris Marchant, Outreach Manager for The Department Of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Liverpool talks about the depart...
60 - Sarah Norton, systems engineering
Episode 60. Sarah Norton talks about her work in systems engineering and a specific application for fire engines responding to mobile phone...
59 - Katie Steckles and Rufus Roberts, Maths busking
Episode 59. Katie Steckles and Rufus Roberts talk about the phenomenon of 'maths busking'. For more info and show notes visit www.travelsina...
58 - Ben Beech, Air Traffic Control
Episode 58. Ben Beech speaks at a careers event at the University of Portsmouth about his work as an air traffic controller. For more info a...
57 - History of Maths and x, Shape of the cosmos: Developments from Newton to Einstein
Episode 57. Peter Rowlett covers Einstein's relativity in this companion podcast to video lecture at www.historyofmathsandx.co.uk/topics/gra...
56 - Edmund Harriss, Development and teaching of mathematical ideas
Episode 56. Edmund Harriss and I discuss a range of topics around enthusing people about mathematics and how mathematical ideas are develope...
55 - Edmund Harriss, Tilings, motivations and Street Maths
Episode 55. Edmund Harriss of the University of Leicester speaks about his research area of tiling patterns and how this leads him into math...
54 - Maths news with Sarah Shepherd
Episode 54. Sarah Shepherd joins me to look over some recent maths news. Topics include digits of pi, how mathematicians think, maths books,...
53 - Robert Harter - Water waves
Episode 53. Robert Harter talks about his PhD research at the University of Manchester into linear water wave problems. For more info and sh...
52 - Jackie Grinsell, Mathematics teaching
Episode 52. Jackie Grinsell, Head of Mathematics, Purbrook Park School, Waterlooville, talks about her career as a maths teacher. This recor...
51 - Sebastien Guenneau, Optical wave guides and applied mathematics research
Episode 51. Sebastien Guenneau gives some examples from optical wave guides and other areas to highlight the processes which drive applied m...
50 - Sebastien Guenneau, Invisibility cloaks
Episode 50. Dr. Sebastien Guenneau of the University of Liverpool talks about his work on metamaterials and invisibility cloaking. For more...
49 - History of Maths and x, Substitution ciphers: Ancient - Renaissance
Episode 49. Peter Rowlett covers basic cryptography including information on cracking the Vigenere cipher. Companion podcast to video lectur...
48 - Andrea Donafee, Cash balance optimisation
Episode 48. Andrea Donafee speaks about her work for Cash Management Systems in optimisation around managing cash balances. For more info an...
47 - Mark Blyth, Applications of fluid dynamics in biology
Episode 47. Dr Mark Blyth of University of East Anglia (UEA) talks about his work applying fluid dynamics and elastomechanics to problems in...
46 - Frank Kelly, random processes, networks and optimization
Episode 46. Prof Frank Kelly, Master of Christ's College Cambridge, talks about his career researching random processes, networks and optimi...