Episode 59 - Varāhamihira (And Bhāskara I) - Back to School
Was Varāhamihira the world's first statistician? Could a sixth-century mathematician really predict the monsoon using observational data? And how did Bhāskara I produce one of the greatest approximati...
3 Aug 24min
Episode 57 – Aryabhata – From hero to zero
The Gupta Empire reaches its scientific zenith as we meet one of the greatest mathematicians of Late Antiquity. Aryabhata (476–550 CE) helped transform astronomy and mathematics in India through a rem...
3 Juli 47min
Episode 57 - Yavanesvara - The Lord of the Greeks
The Silk Road carried spices, gemstones, ideas... and, occasionally, trigonometry. In this episode of The Mathematicians Podcast, we follow the mysterious figure known as Yavanesvara, the "Lord of the...
9 Juni 44min
Episode 56 - Pingala - Beats us up
Episode 42: Pingala – The Poet of Binary Why is a 2nd-century BCE Indian grammarian being featured on a mathematics podcast? Because centuries before the "Founding Fathers" of Western mathematics were...
17 Maj 10min
Episode 55 - Injective - Thomas K Briggs - On The Mathematicians' Library
In this special book club episode of 'The Mathematicians Podcast', I sit down with author, maths communicator, and museum learning consultant, Thomas K. Briggs. Join us for a glass of wine and a deep ...
20 Apr 1h 20min
Episode 54 - Umaswati - Mind the Gap
In this episode of The Mathematicians Podcast, I am jumping ahead 800 years and travelling 5,000 km back to India to pick up the threads of a fascinating mathematical tradition. I’ll be introducing yo...
25 Mars 30min
Episode 53 - Nabu-rimanni & Kidinu - Systematically Speaking
When is an approximation "good enough"? This week on The Mathematicians Podcast, host Benjamin Cornish opens the doors to his gem and fossil shop to discuss why a polished piece of glass, or a clever...
17 Feb 28min
Episode 52 - Apastamba - What He Said.
Episode 52 of The Mathematicians Podcast, takes us deep into the world of ancient Indian mathematics with a focus on Apastamba and his contributions to the Sulvasutras. Following in the footsteps of B...
27 Jan 22min
