Jackie Stedall
Departmental Lecturer in History of Mathematics at the University of Oxford
5 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Marcus du Sautoy
Covers topics in categories such as:
Calculus
Melvyn Bragg and guests Patricia Fara, Simon Schaffer and Jackie Stedall discuss the dispute between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over who invented calculus.
24 September 2009
Also featuring: Simon Schaffer, Patricia Fara
The Fibonacci Sequence
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Fibonacci Sequence, an infinite string of numbers to be found in Renaissance paintings, modern architecture and the structure of flowers.
29 November 2007
Also featuring: Marcus du Sautoy, Ron Knott
Archimedes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek mathematician Archimedes, brilliant with numbers and unexpectedly good at defensive siege warfare.
25 January 2007
Also featuring: Serafina Cuomo, George Phillips
Prime Numbers
Melvyn Bragg discusses prime numbers, their still mysterious patterning and the secrets might hold about the nature of atoms.
12 January 2006
Also featuring: Marcus du Sautoy, Robin Wilson
Renaissance Maths
Melvyn Bragg discusses Renaissance Mathematics and the change in the understanding of numbers, movement, time and even nature itself, culminating in the calculus of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz.
2 June 2005
Also featuring: Robert Lee Kaplan, Jim Bennett