The Numberphile Podcast Brady Haran

Donald Knuth is unquestionably a legend of computer science and mathematics - but he is bad at estimation and grew up with a “rhinoceros attitude”.

Don Knuth’s homepage - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/

The Art of Computer Programming (books) - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html

On Amazon - https://amzn.to/4aUkkeT

3:16 (book) - https://amzn.to/4aRs9lH

Knuth’s questions for Chat GPT - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/chatGPT20.txt

Knuth videos on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWLfLjzHzmFO6T8jCZdipvQc

Brady’s video on John 3:16 from his Bibledex series - https://youtu.be/ZJjFebPW5b8

Ziegler’s Giant Bar - https://www.halfnuts.net/products/an-original-ziegler-giant-bar?variant=55664909259

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Data journalist Walt Hickey looks deep into the numbers behind movies, TV shows, and all types of popular culture.

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Walt’s Website - https://walthickey.com

Numlock News - https://www.numlock.com

Dr Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park - https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Ian_Malcolm

Does Hollywood ruin books? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUD8h9JpEVQ

Math and Movies (Animation at Pixar) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX0NB9IyYpU

The problem in Good Will Hunting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW_LkYiuTKE

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

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Federico Ardila is a combinatorialist at San Francisco State University. He’s Colombian and in this episode he talks candidly about the struggles and prejudice encountered by people from different backgrounds as they try to make their mark in academia. And just so you know there’s happy ending in sight - this episode of the podcast will conclude with a stirring musical finale.

Federico’s site - https://fardila.com

SFSU page - https://math.sfsu.edu/faculty/ardila

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Oxford mathematician James Maynard explains why he feared accidentally refusing the most famous prize in mathematics.

Watch this full interview on YouTube - https://youtu.be/yz-5BY_TTNI

Full 2022 Fields Medal Winners - https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal/fields-medals-2022

See our Fields Medal Playlist - https://bit.ly/Fields_Playlist

More James Maynard videos - https://bit.ly/JamesMaynard

James Maynard - https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/people/professor-james-maynard/

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He dreamed of being a great cricketer - but his love for equations led Ed Copeland to a career in theoretical physics.
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Ed Copeland at the University of Nottingham
Numberphile videos with Ed
Some physics videos with Ed
A trilogy of longer videos with Ed
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Professor Michael Merrifield - https://about.me/michael.merrifield

Mike's Twitter - https://twitter.com/AstroMikeMerri

Mike Merrifield Video Playlist - http://bit.ly/Merrifield_Playlist

Sixty Symbols - Physics videos, many featuring Mike - https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols

Deep Sky Videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/deepskyvideos

Messier Objects Playlist - http://bit.ly/MessierObjects

Ralph Merrifield - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Merrifield

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Hand-written version of Mike's 'Good Will Hunting' paper - https://brady-haran.squarespace.com/s/MerrifieldPaperHandWritten.pdf

And here is the published version - https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1990AJ.....99.1548M

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