Alan Baker FRS (19 August 1939 – 4 February 2018) was an English mathematician, known for his work on effective methods in number theory, in particular those arising from transcendental number theory. (Wikipedia).
Alan Turing - Celebrating the life of a genius
Saturday 23 June 2012 marks the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing - mathematical genius, hero of the WWII code breakers of Bletchley Park, and father of modern computing. Alan Turing was a mathematician, cryptographer and pioneer of computer science who possessed one of the greatest
From playlist My Maths Videos
Alan Turing - Celebrating the life of a genius [2012]
Description: Saturday 23 June 2012 marks the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing - mathematical genius, hero of the WWII code breakers of Bletchley Park, and father of modern computing. Alan Turing was a mathematician, cryptographer and pioneer of computer science who possessed one of
From playlist Mathematics
INTERVIEW AT CIRM: PETER SARNAK
Peter Sarnak is a South African-born mathematician with dual South-African and American nationalities. He has been Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeding Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics. He is known for his work in
From playlist Jean-Morlet Chair's guests - Interviews
Algebra and geometry of the scattering equations - Peter Goddard
Members' Seminar Topic: Algebra and geometry of the scattering equations Speaker: Peter Goddard Affiliation: Professor Emeritus, School of Natural Sciences Date: April 3, 2017 For more info, please visit http://video.ias.edu
From playlist Mathematics
INTERVIEW AT CIRM : MICHAEL ARTIN
Michael ARTIN participated in the "Artin Approximation and Infinite dimensional Geometry" event organized at CIRM in March 2015, which was part of the Jean-Morlet semester held by Herwig Hauser. Michael Artin is an American mathematician and a professor emeritus in the Massachusetts Ins
From playlist Jean-Morlet Chair's guests - Interviews
People of Science with Brian Cox - Dame Wendy Hall on Alan Turing
Computer Scientist Wendy Hall talks to Brian Cox about one of her personal heroes, Alan Turing, and discusses how his discoveries influenced so much in the modern world. Find out more about Alan Turing in our Google Arts and Culture exhibit: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/peopl
From playlist People of Science with Brian Cox
Interview at Cirm: Howard Masur
Howard Masur is an American mathematician who works on topology, geometry and combinatorial group theory. Masur was an invited speaker at the 1994 International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich. and is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Along with Yair Minsky, Masur is one
From playlist English interviews - Interviews en anglais
Alan Turing and Number Theory - Yuri Matiyasevich (St. Petersburg) [2012]
slides for this talk: http://videolectures.net/site/normal_dl/tag=694395/turing100_matiyasevich_number_theory_01.pdf Alan Turing Centenary Conference Manchester, 2012 Alan Turing and Number Theory Yuri Matiyasevich, St.Petersburg Department of Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russian Aca
From playlist Mathematics
Roger Heath-Brown: a Life in Mathematics
Roger Heath-Brown is one of Oxford's foremost mathematicians. His work in analytic number theory has been critical to the advances in the subject over the past thirty years and garnered Roger many prizes. As he approached retirement, Roger gave this interview to Ben Green, Waynflete Profe
From playlist Interviews with Oxford Mathematicians
Turing Centennial Conference: From Programs to Systems: Building a Smarter World
From Programs to Systems: Building a Smarter World Presented by Prof. Joseph Sifakis, Turing Award laureate, VERIMAG Laboratory and EPFL Alan M. Turing Centennial Conference - Israel April 4, 2012 The Wohl Centre Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, Israel For more information see: https://sit
From playlist Alan M. Turing Centennial Conference - Israel
Schrödinger's Candidacy - Objectivity 249
We look at the life of Erwin Schrödinger and investigate whether he ever became a fellow of the Royal Society. More links below ↓↓↓ Featuring Rupert Baker and Brady Haran. Objectivity on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/objectivity Subscribe to Objectivity: http://bit.ly/Objectivity
From playlist Books and Journals on Objectivity
Why Do We Gain Fat? – with Eugenia Cheng
In this short clip from her talk 'How To Think Like A Mathematician', Eugenia Cheng explains how a whole web of interconnected factors cause us to gain fat. Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/8emPcpfqPRU Eugenia's book "The Art of Logic" is available now: https://geni.us/paUfA Eugeni
From playlist Highlights from Ri Talks
Mathematics is the Art of the Shortcut - with Marcus du Sautoy
From algebra to geometry, maths is often about finding shortcuts to large problems. Marcus' new book is available now: https://geni.us/dusautoy Marcus du Sautoy is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the Oxford University, a chair he holds jointly at t
From playlist Ri Shorts
This is a wild episode of Resident Evil 7! Big villains die (I Think). We have to make choices that split the game down 1 of 2 possible paths. We have the hardest boss fight yet. We find yet another VHS tape that sort of explains what is going on? Over all I had a blast. Thank you for eve
From playlist Live Stream Gaming
Turing Lecture: AI through the looking glass
AI through the looking glass Artificial Intelligence is set to transform society in the coming decades in ways that have long been predicted by science fiction writers but are only now becoming feasible. While AI is still a long way from being as powerful as the human brain, many machine
From playlist AI at the Turing
The Fundamental Constituents of Matter and the Eightfold Way
Join Ben Still as he deconstructs particle physics brick by brick on a journey through the creation of the standard model. Ben's book: https://geni.us/X7Tggm Learn more on Ben Still's channel: youtube.com/drbenstill Visit Ben Still's website: http://pprc.qmul.ac.uk/~still/wordpress/ Ben
From playlist Ri Shorts
What do mathematicians do? Inside a mathy mind. (3blue1brown Summer of Math Exposition)
What is it that professional mathematicians spend hours every day on? Is it really just long equations and complicated calculations?
From playlist Summer of Math Exposition Youtube Videos
Teddy Roosevelt & Franklin Roosevelt Family Tree
Try Adntro now for free: http://bit.ly/3lmA1qd Use code USEFULCHARTS to get 10% off the paid version. View the full Roosevelt chart here: https://www.reddit.com/r/UsefulCharts/comments/11u7nhz/the_roosevelt_family/ Credits: Chart by Nathaniel Voth Narration/Script by Matt Baker Animation
From playlist US President & VP Family Trees
Mathemalchemy: a mathematical and artistic adventure
This lecture is a visual treat as Ingrid Daubechies celebrates the joy, creativity and beauty of mathematics. Inspired by textile artist Dominique Ehrmann, Ingrid, with Dominique, conceived the idea of a large mathematical installation that incorporated a myriad of mathematical ideas in a
From playlist Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures
How Alan Turing Proved There's No 'Theory Of Everything' For Math
The World Science Festival partnered with the Museum of the Moving Image to present a special screening of The Imitation Game, the new dramatic feature film starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, the brilliant mathematician racing to crack the Enigma code during World War II. But Tu
From playlist Mathematics