Timothy Gowers
Professor of Mathematics at the Collège de France in Paris and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
4 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Colva Roney-Dougal, Marcus du Sautoy
Covers topics in categories such as:
Paul Erdős
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the highly prolific, itinerant 20th century Hungarian mathematician, who enjoyed an unrivalled reputation for problem-solving.
23 Feb 2023
Also featuring: Colva Roney-Dougal, Andrew Treglown
ScienceForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesMembers of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and SciencesJewish agnosticsMental calculatorsJewish atheistsForeign members of the Royal SocietyInstitute for Advanced Study visiting scholarsSet theoristsAcademics of the Victoria University of ManchesterPrinceton University facultyPierre-Simon Laplace
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great French mathematician who tackled questions on the stability of the Solar System and planet rotation and devised the basis for metrication
8 April 2021
Also featuring: Marcus du Sautoy, Colva Roney-Dougal
HistoryFellows of the Royal SocietyFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesMembers of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and SciencesMembers of the French Academy of SciencesMembers of the Académie Française18th-century French mathematiciansFrench deistsDeterministsFrench physicistsGrand Officers of the Legion of HonourFrench agnosticsLinear algebraistsFrench mathematicians, French fluid dynamicists, French probability theoristsP 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, Leslie Ann Goldberg
Random and Pseudorandom
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss mathematical randomness and pseudorandomness, ideas important to cryptography, statistics and weather forecasting.
13 January 2011
Also featuring: Marcus du Sautoy, Colva Roney-Dougal