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
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
The story of mathematical proof – with John Stillwell
Discover the surprising history of proof, a mathematically vital concept. In this talk John covers the areas of number theory, non-Euclidean geometry, topology, and logic, and peer into the deep chasm between natural number arithmetic and the real numbers. Buy John's book here: https://g
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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
Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize 2018 David L. Donoho
The Gauss Prize is to honor scientists whose mathematical research has had an impact outside mathematics – either in technology, in business, or simply in people's everyday lives. The prize is awarded jointly by the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung (German Mathematical Union) and the Inte
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The Mathematical Truth | Enrico Bombieri
Enrico Bombieri, Professor Emeritus, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study http://www.ias.edu/people/faculty-and-emeriti/bombieri October 29, 2010 In this lecture, Professor Enrico Bombieri attempts to give an idea of the numerous different notions of truth in mathematics.
From playlist Mathematics
Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 Famous mathematician, scientist, inventor, theologian, and author. Together with Fermat, started modern probabilty theory, a whole new branch of mathematics. Questions supplied by wvannoni http://www.youtube.com/user/wvannoni Le Guardian http://leguardien.wordp
From playlist My Maths Videos
Why didn't the USSR Annex Finland (Short Animated Documentary)
I fixed it. Sorry. Why didn't the USSR, the largest country, not simply eat the other one? If you want to know why then watch this short and simple animated documentary. https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/
From playlist The Cold War (1945-1991)
Short Talk: Professor Robert MacKay, University of Warwick
Turing Fellow Professor Robert MacKay joins us to discuss his past and future research in data analysis. Biography Robert MacKay FRS CPhys FInstP CMath FIMA is a Professor in the Mathematics Institute of the University of Warwick and Director of Mathematical Interdisciplinary Research at
From playlist Short Talks
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature 302
In which John Green teaches you about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This week, we'll talk a little bit about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the name Mark Twain, and how he mined his early life for decades to produce his pretty well-loved body of work. By far t
From playlist Literature 3
Enrico Bombieri - Prime Numbers from Eratosthenes to Selberg [2008]
http://www.ams.org/notices/200906/rtx090600692p-corrected.pdf Saturday, January 12 2:00 PM Enrico Bombieri Prime Numbers from Eratosthenes to Selberg Atle Selberg Memorial Memorial Program in Honor of His Life & Work January 11-12, 2008 Renowned Norwegian mathematician Atle Selberg, P
From playlist Number Theory
The Raft, the River, and The Weird Ending of Huckleberry Finn: Crash Course Literature 303
This week, we're continuing our discussion of Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' This is part two of our talk about Huck Finn, and this time we're looking at the metaphors in the book, a little bit about what the metaphors like the Island and the River and the Raft might me
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Equilibria for thin grain systems: surface diffusion and grain migration
Amy Novick-Cohen Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
From playlist 2018 Modeling and Simulation of Interface Dynamics in Fluids/Solids and Their Applications
21. African-American Criticism
Introduction to Theory of Literature (ENGL 300) In this lecture, Professor Paul Fry examines trends in African-American criticism through the lens of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Toni Morrison. A brief history of African-American literature and criticism is undertaken, and the relationshi
From playlist Introduction to Theory of Literature with Paul H. Fry
The Original Unified Theory: Inverse Square Laws
Inverse square laws show up everywhere from the brightness of electromagnetic waves (light) to the strength of gravitational and electric fields of force. Let's take a historical journey all the way from Kepler to Gauss to see why this is such an important concept. ________________________
From playlist Optics and Light
Crash Course Literature 3 Preview
Crash Course Literature with John Green is back! Starting next week, we've got 9 new literature episodes for you. Here's what we're reading: Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain Sonnets - William Shakespeare (Particularly sonnet
From playlist Literature 3
New Methods in Finsler Geometry - 22 May 2018
http://www.crm.sns.it/event/415 Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi The workshop has limited funds to support lodging (and in very exceptional cases, travel) costs of some participants, with priority given to young researchers. When you register, you will have the possibility to
From playlist Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi
Pi Day was founded at the Exploratorium in 1988—but why do we celebrate the ratio between a circle’s circumference and diameter? Dig into the history of Pi Day, how the ratio is calculated, and fun ways to play with pi. https://www.exploratorium.edu/pi
From playlist Pi Day | Exploratorium
Lenore Blum - Alan Turing and the other theory of computing and can a machine be conscious?
Abstract Most logicians and theoretical computer scientists are familiar with Alan Turing’s 1936 seminal paper setting the stage for the foundational (discrete) theory of computation. Most however remain unaware of Turing’s 1948 seminal paper which introduces the notion of condition, sett
From playlist Turing Lectures