In The Universe Speaks in Numbers award-winning science writer Graham Farmelo is in conversation with some of the great names in modern physics and mathematics. Among the interviewees are Michael Atiyah, Ruth Britto, Lance Dixon, Simon Donaldson, Freeman Dyson, Juan Maldacena, Michela Massimi, Roger Penrose, Martin Rees, Simon Schaffer and Edward Witten.To read more see Graham's book The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 hours
episode 24: The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Phil Anderson interviewed by Graham Farmelo
Phil Anderson was one of the most creative theoretical physicists of the past century. Graham interviewed him in 2014.
episode 24: The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Nima Arkani-Hamed interviewed by Graham Farmelo (part 2)
The second part of leading theoretical physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed's inspiring interview with Graham.
episode 23: The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Martin Rees interviewed by Graham Farmelo
Cosmologist Martin Rees on whether the pursuit of fundamental physics will one day run out of steam, become too expensive and perhaps too difficult to pursue.
episode 22: The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Karen Uhlenbeck interviewed by Graham Farmelo
Karen Uhlenbeck talks candidly about how many mathematicians came only grudgingly to accept in the 1960s and 1970s that they could do first-class work by focusing on topics whose importance had first been emphasised by physicists.
episode 21: The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Steven Weinberg interviewed by Graham Farmelo
Steven Weinberg, perhaps the most accomplished living theoretical physicist interviewed by Graham Farmelo.
episode 20: The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Zohar Komargodski interviewed by Graham Farmelo
In this podcast Graham Farmelo interviews one of the most brilliantly creative young field theorists, Zohar Komargodski.
episode 19: The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Simon Donaldson interviewed by Graham Farmelo
Simon Donaldson interviewedby Graham Farmelo.
episode 18: The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Douglas Stanford and Pedro Vieira interviewed by Graham Farmelo
Douglas Stanford and Pedro Vieira interviewed by Graham Farmelo.
episode 17: The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Luis Álvarez-Gaumé interviewed by Graham Farmelo
Graham Farmelo interviews director of the Simons Center, the Spanish string theorist Luis Álvarez-Gaumé.
episode 15: The Universe Speaks in Numbers: Lenny Susskind interviewed by Graham Farmelo
Graham Farmelo interviews Lenny Susskind, Stanford University particle physicist.