Strongly Connected Components

Samuel Hansen was joined by the minds behind Woolly Thoughts, Pat Ashforth and Steve Plummer, for this episode of Strongly Connected Components. They discuss mathematical knitting and all of its power to help teach mathematics, and even get some children off drugs, as well as why Pat and Steve just like to play at maths. …

This week on Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen has a conversation with the author of “Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes” and Professor at Cornell Univerity, Daina Taimina. Together they talk about how crochet can model hyperbolic geometry and the importance of just doing mathematics, as well as its history. To find out more about Daina Taimina and …

Samuel Hansen caught up with the Mathemagician and Professor at Harvey Mudd College Arthur Benjamin quite literally on the floor of MathFest 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Together they discuss the difference between Arthur Benjamin’s two careers, the real reason to study mathematics , and even preforms some of his mathemagic. If you want to find …

Robert Devaney, Professor of Mathematics, is one of the most engaging and talented speakers in all of mathematics and Samuel Hansen was lucky enough to corner him during this past August’s MathFest to talk about his series of talks “Complex Dynamics and Crazy Mathematics”, why he decided to study Dynamical Systems, and how one mathematician …

Paul Zorn is President-Elect of the Mathematical Association of America and professor at St. Olaf College. Dr. Zorn was kind enough to talk with Samuel Hansen during the annual Mathematical Association of America meeting, MathFest, in Pittsburgh this past August.  They spoke about the intersection of Mathematics and the Humanities, mathematical exposition, and the importance of …

On today’s, be it which ever day you happen to listen, episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen comes back strong with an interview with NPR Math Guy, Co-Founder of Standford’s H-STAR Institute, and author of many books, including the wonderful and informative Unfinished Game which you should all go pick up right away, Keith Devlin. Keith …

Your valiant host Samuel Hansen was joined by fellow mathematical podcaster Peter Rowlett for a conversation where Peter explains about what exactly the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications is, how he finds and interviews guests, and Peter also tries to interview Samuel as much as Samuel tries to interview him. You can find more …

On today’s episode Samuel Hansen has a sit down with Matt Parker the Stand Up Mathematician. They talk about things as diverse as how to communicate mathematics, the Manual of Mathematical Magic , and just what YakaWow really is. If you would like to find out more about Matt Parker be sure to visit his …

Today’s episode of Strongly Connected Components features a conversation between Samuel Hansen and Professor David Richeson from Dickinson College. They talk about everything from why exactly Richeson uses twitter, to why his faculty website is awesome, and exactly how to write mathematics. To find out more about Professor Richeson check out his amazing faculty website, regularly read …

This time on Strongly Connected Components we are doing something a bit different, what you will hear is a project that you host Samuel Hansen has been putting together over the past couple of months on the history of mathematics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I hope you like what you hear. Download …