Podcasts
Is cosmology a science or a branch of philosophy? Mathematician and astronomer Bernard Carr gives some answers.
We talk to Shajay Bhooshan about his design for the new maths gallery at the Science Museum London.
In this podcast George Ellis explains why the study of the cosmos poses some deep philosophical questions.
If you're going to excel in maths it helps to start early — and that's what Peter Scholze certainly did.
Ingrid Daubechies, President of the International Mathematical Union, about the importance of community in mathematics.
Martin Grötschel, Secretary of the International Mathematical Union, about maths at school, integrating developing nations, and his dream of putting all maths that's ever been produced online.
Manjul Bhargava tells us why playing with maths in important in finding your own way of thinking.
Why doing maths is like being Lewis Carroll's Red Queen and how to keep going beyond the formidable age of 84.
How burning paper can win you a prestigious maths prize.
Cormac O' Raifeartaigh recently made a surprising discovery – an unpublished paper by Albert Einstein that sheds light on how Einstein's thinking about the Universe changed as he tackled some of the big questions in cosmology at the time.
Fields medallist Cédric Villani talks to us about our solar system, chaos, and what it's like being a mathematical superstar.
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Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.
There have been accusations that the modelling projecting the course of the pandemic was too pessimistic. Are they justified?
We all know what turbulence is, but nobody understands it.
Find out about the beautifully intuitive concept that lies at the heart of calculus.
Mathematicians help with clearing the massive NHS backlog for heart conditions.
In some sense, all of maths should come under the label "logic", and in this collection of articles we try to explain why.