These are the show notes for episode 37 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 37 is prime, the number you get if a three digit number having the same digits is divided by its digit sum. More about 37 from Number Gossip. This week on the podcast we hear from David Mitchell of…
Podcast: Episode 36 – Maths news with Sarah Shepherd
These are the show notes for episode 36 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 36 is the smallest number (besides 1) which is both square and triangular. More about 36 from Number Gossip. This week on the podcast I met Sarah Shepherd, PhD student at the University of Nottingham and Editor of iSquared…
Royal Society Summer Science 2009 – my interest
Below is a video from the BBC about the Royal Society Summer Science 2009 exhibition. This interests me in two ways: Firstly, not featured in the video is Edmund Harriss and his team who have taken a mathematics exhibit to the show, “How do Shapes Fill Space?” This is good news and will be mentioned…
Video: Where can studying mathematics take you?
This video, via the Further Maths Network, might interest. It looks at careers open to people who have studied a Further Mathematics A-Level.
Podcast: Episode 35 – Terry Edwards – Chartered Mathematician
These are the show notes for episode 35 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 35 is the sum of the cubes of the first two primes. More about 35 from Number Gossip. This week on the podcast I talked over a little of the content from my careers talk and asked Terry Edwards,…
Podcast: Episode 34 – Eugenia Cheng, Category theory
These are the show notes for episode 34 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 34 is the magic constant of a 4 by 4 normal magic square. More about 34 from Number Gossip. There is a good page on magic squares from markfarrar.co.uk. This week on the podcast I speak to Dr. Eugenia…
Echoes in an empty room
A little while ago I found a post on another blog “Blogging for the Working Mathematician: Another mathematical blog and podcast” by Jan Grabowski. This contains a description of my podcast. In contrast to other links I have seen to the podcast, this does not simply repeat my own description but appears to be an…