Exploring mathematics: a powerful tool - for iPod/iPhone
Exploring mathematics: a powerful tool - for iPod/iPhone Podcast
1) Mathematics: a powerful tool
An introduction to the tracks on this album.
2) Mathematical modelling for real
An introduction to mathematical modelling in the real world.
3) An ancient tradition
How bamboo scaffolding does its job.
4) How maths helps dolphins
Using statistical modelling to calculate endangered species’ survival rates.
5) Predicting climate change
Why elaborate mathematical modelling is needed to predict ice break-up in Antarctica.
6) A vibrating lake
Using mathematical modeling to understand the fluctuations in the surface levels of Lake Wakatipu.
7) Why is maths useful?
How the behaviour of the world around us can be understood better through mathematics.
8) Who invented Calculus?
The birth of calculus resulted in controversy: who got there first?
9) Fermat’s ideas
An explanation of some of Fermat’s discoveries.
10) Fermat and John Wallis
How Fermat communicated his findings to Wallis.