Leslie Ann Goldberg
Professor of Computer Science and Fellow of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
2 episodes
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ScienceFellows of the Royal Society20th-century atheistsEnglish people of Scottish descentEnglish atheists20th-century English philosophersEnglish inventors20th-century English LGBTQ peopleEnglish people of Irish descent20th-century English mathematiciansEnglish logiciansCastrated peopleTheoretical biologistsLGBTQ mathematicians, LGBTQ philosophersSuicides by cyanide poisoningGay scientistsPeople convicted for homosexuality in the United Kingdom, People who have received posthumous pardonsGay academicsComputer designersMillennium Prize ProblemsConjectures
Alan Turing
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of the founder of computer science - whose work helped crack enemy codes in WW2 - and his exploration of artificial intelligence.
15 October 2020
Also featuring: Simon Schaffer, Andrew Hodges
ScienceTheoretical biologistsEnglish atheists20th-century English mathematiciansLGBTQ mathematicians, LGBTQ philosophers20th-century English philosophersFellows of the Royal Society20th-century atheistsEnglish logiciansSuicides by cyanide poisoningGay scientistsEnglish inventorsCastrated people20th-century English LGBTQ peopleEnglish people of Scottish descentEnglish people of Irish descentPeople convicted for homosexuality in the United Kingdom, People who have received posthumous pardonsGay academicsComputer designersP v NP
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss P versus NP, an unsolved problem in maths that asks if the answers to all problems can be found as easily as they can be checked.
5 November 2015
Also featuring: Colva Roney-Dougal, Timothy Gowers