Destin Sandlin discusses missile testing, astronaut applications, and why he created the wildly popular YouTube channel Smarter Every Day.

YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/Anmaky0Kksw

Listen to the latest Signals & Threads podcast episode: https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-ST-WillWilson

Check out other episodes Signals & Threads here: https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-SignalsandThreads

Destin’s YouTube channel is Smarter Every Day: https://www.youtube.com/smartereveryday

We also co-hosts the podcast No Dumb Questions: https://www.nodumbquestions.fm/

With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/

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Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

Dan Harris is a chief meteorologist at the UK Met Office - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

See him talking weather equations on Numberphile - https://youtu.be/YmZiq00CO60

Dan's websites - https://www.roostweather.com/ and https://istheukhotrightnow.com/

Check out some Met Office archive stuff at Brady's Objectivity channel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd5y2WfrtsPrauSfrdFfkE7iZ-KG9pCzO

Weather videos on Brady's Sixty Symbols channel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNpsv8AWUvJxbOl6S2pw8so

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

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Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

The ups and downs of winning the coveted Fields Medal, with 2022 winner Hugo Duminil-Copin.

See our main video from this interview - https://youtu.be/JWtD0O-zSWY

Hugo is based at the University of Geneva and IHES - https://www.ihes.fr/~duminil/

More Numberphile interviews and videos with Fields Medallists - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeu

With thanks to Nils Berglund for visualisations of percolation - https://www.youtube.com/c/NilsBerglund

Fields Medal 2022 - https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal/fields-medals-2022

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

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Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

Sashko Olenchenko is doing a masters in mathematical physics with a sideline making videos on YouTube - occasionally interrupted by drone attacks from Russia.

Here is his YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@aremathukr

And you can support his work on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Aremath

The YouTube version of this podcast has captions available - https://youtu.be/Nd813Dg93Bs

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Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

I met with Sasko at the ‘From research to outreach’ conference in Les Diablerets, Switzerland - https://outreach.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en

Brady answers all manner of viewer questions about Numberphile - and a few unrelated topics too.

Learn more about Jane Street’s Internships at - https://jane-st.co/internship-numberphile-pod-25

A YouTube version of this episode - https://youtu.be/prT2YRwKc9w

Breakfast Sound Checks - https://youtu.be/IMItxzSZs0E

A list of Brady’s channels - https://www.bradyharanblog.com/projects

Rubik interview - https://youtu.be/zkRxfmECWSM

Zeeman Medal Lecture - https://youtu.be/tsZkzxEhpHk

The fastest ever snooker 147 - https://youtu.be/9D2rFMPN9js

Graham’s Number - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKZEG7KVg6HfdN2uWFLIB5q

6174 - https://youtu.be/d8TRcZklX_Q

Epic Circles - https://youtu.be/sG_6nlMZ8f4

Brady in Antarctica - https://www.bradyharanblog.com/antarctica-intro

The Unmade Podcast - https://www.unmade.fm/

Bibledex - https://www.youtube.com/bibledex

The White Gloves of Destiny - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd5y2WfrtsPq03H4uZSvJCBYBeBDBOmQ0

Boiling Water at Mt Everest - https://youtu.be/JTL4dj3Gx1o

Brady Numbers on the OEIS - https://oeis.org/A247698

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

Thanks also to Ben Delo

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Chris Oates is a professor of statistics at Newcastle University - he got there despite being somewhat indecisive about his career.

This episode was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust, a UK-based organisation which funds ambitious blue skies research across various disciplines - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk

Professor Oates was the recipient of prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023

See a video with Professor Oates on Numberphile describing the Stein Paradox - https://youtu.be/FUQwijSDzg8

Chris Oates webpage - https://oates.work

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

Thanks also to Ben Delo.

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Po-Ling Loh is an American theoretical statistician based at the University of Cambridge. She discusses her childhood, choosing a university, and her path to higher dimensional statistics and differential privacy.

She also compares life as an academic in the US and UK.

This episode was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust, a UK-based organisation which funds ambitious blue skies research across various disciplines - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/

Professor Loh was the recipient of a Philip Leverhulme Prize. More about her prize here - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023

Professor Loh’s website - https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~pll28/

There’s a new largest known prime number and we speak to all the key players, including the discoverer Luke Durant. Also featured in the podcast are George Woltman from GIMPS, James Grime, and Matt Parker.

Extended interviews (as videos) can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIWS5Jd3k5QHdc0kxwfnZMg

Matt Parker’s epic video on Stand-up Maths is here: https://youtu.be/zsyGRDrDfbI

Numberphile’s main video on the discovery is here: https://youtu.be/Yp4ilFOtoeg

The GIMPS press release is here: https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841

GIMPS: https://www.mersenne.org

More Numberphile videos on Mersenne Primes from over the year: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKsTwVXpLscZdfiiqAkkGCA

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

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Ellen Eischen is a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon. Here she discusses creativity, collaboration - and a “secret” journal she has kept since childhood.

Ellen Eischen website (includes some links to the teaching we discussed): http://www.elleneischen.com


Women in Numbers: https://awm-math.org/research-networks/win/

Creativity Counts museum exhibit: https://jsma.uoregon.edu/CreativityCounts

Ellen on Numberphile discussing Faulhaber's Fabulous Formula (and Bernoulli Numbers): https://youtu.be/83NFR7JDlww


Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

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Catch a video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/xMAiBBxQGZI

Danica McKellar is best-known for portraying girl-next-door Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years - but she has also proven a math theorem (which bears her name) and writes books to inspire future mathematicians.

Check out her math website and books at: https://mckellarmath.com

And Danica’s general website at: https://danicamckellar.com

Danica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danicamckellar/

Danica’s books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3VQdzny

Danica’s co-authored paper which led to the Chayes–McKellar–Winn theorem: https://scienceblogs.de/geograffitico/wp-content/blogs.dir/70/files/2012/07/i-5bb4f4203312f2a650f3294cf4ddac13-percolation.pdf

Brady’s dog Winnie: https://www.instagram.com/the_wonderful_winnie/

The Wonder Years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years

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Jane Street’s Insight program as mentioned on the show: https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/programs-and-events/insight/

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