Episode 35 - Menelaus of Alexandria - The straightest Curve
In this episode of The Mathematicians Podcast, Benjamin Cornish explores the life and work of Menelaus of Alexandria; the mathematician who transformed how we think about geometry on curved surfaces. ...
20 Aug 202517min
Episode 34 - Injectives with Dr Daffern - Religion and Maths - Part 2
In this one-to-one edition of The Mathematicians Podcast, part of our Injectives subseries, host Benjamin Cornish sits down with philosopher, peace theorist, and long-time educator Dr Thomas Daffern t...
13 Aug 202549min
Episode 33 - Injectives with Dr Daffern - Religion and Maths - Part 1
In this one-to-one edition of The Mathematicians Podcast, part of our Injectives subseries, host Benjamin Cornish sits down with philosopher, peace theorist, and long-time educator Dr Thomas Daffern t...
6 Aug 202544min
Episode 32 - Hero of Alexandria - A Hero to us all
This week, Benjamin Cornish invites you to step into the steam-powered sandals of Hero of Alexandria—the ancient world’s most enthusiastic gadgeteer. Was he a mathematician? An engineer? A magician in...
30 Jul 202513min
Episode 31 - Hipparchus - Going Supernova
In this episode of The Mathematicians Podcast, Benjamin Cornish dives into the life and legacy of Hipparchus, the Greek thinker who gave us trigonometry, mapped the stars, and even invented tools to m...
23 Jul 202517min
Episode 30 - Dionysodorus of Amisus & Hypsicles of Alexandria
This week on The Mathematicians Podcast, Benjamin Cornish presents a double bill of underappreciated thinkers from the back shelves of Greek geometry: Dionysodorus of Amisus and Hypsicles of Alexandri...
16 Jul 202521min
Episode 29 - Perseus - In High Spirics
This week on The Mathematicians Podcast, Benjamin Cornish reflects on a tragic bagel incident, files an HR complaint, and somehow ends up discussing the mathematics of toroidal cross-sections. Join us...
9 Jul 202522min
Episode 28 - Apollonius of Perga - What Goes around comes around
In this episode of The Mathematicians Podcast, Benjamin Cornish turns his attention to Apollonius of Perga—the ancient Greek mathematician whose work on conic sections shaped the way we understand cur...
2 Jul 202524min
