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Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain RelPrime Seminar: Funding We are back with a new series in Relatively Prime that we are going to be calling Seminars! The seminars are going to be going out into the Relatively Prime feed off and on and they will be tackling the big questions about mathematics. In other words the seminars will be more of a meta conversation about what goes on in mathematics and our first conversation is going to be about funding in mathematics. If you have a question that you want to hear a seminar about please just email seminar@acmescience.com ...

2025-03-251h 06

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Carry the Two: Mathematics & Voting Sorry for the unannounced hiatus that has now lasted for four years, but our host and producer Sam Hansen has had a lot of life events and changes that led them to not be able to devote the time they needed to making the show. We are planning on coming back very soon, but until then please enjoy this episode about the Mathematics of Voting from the podcast Carry the Two made by the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation where Sam is the new Director of Communications and Engagement. Download Episode ACMEScience · RelPrimeCt2 Mix

2024-10-3058 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Black Girl Mathgic On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel is joined by Brittany Rhodes the creator of the amazing monthly mathematics subscription box Black Girl Mathgic. They discuss where the idea of the box came from, what comes in the boxes each month, and why everyone benefits when young Black women are centered in mathematics. If you want to help Brittany and Black Girl Mathgic reach more people you can help out by donating a box. ACMEScience · Relatively Prime: Black Girl Mathgic Download the episode Music:Broke For Free (Night Owl) (Only Instrumental) [The p...

2020-11-0136 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain The Somervilles On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel is joined by Brigitte Stenhouse of the Open University to talk about the life and times of Mary, and William, Somerville. Download the episode Music:Lowercase n

2020-03-3126 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain 3 Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Banneker On this month’s Relatively Prime Samuel shares three scenes from the life of Benjamin Banneker. One about a clock, one about a solar eclipse projectsion, and one about a puzzle. You can learn more about the life of Benjamin Banneker by checking out the book The Life of Benjamin Banneker by Silvio Bendini which was essential in the production of this episode and it is available to borrow for free on the Internet Archive or if you prefer a physical copy your library may have it on hand and if they do not the amazing system that is In...

2020-02-2910 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Truthiness In this live episode recorded at the 2020 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Denver Samuel Hansen talks about the truth behind the stories we all tell in mathematics. In order to do this they will investigate the actual facts of the Galois narrative, have a conversation about where and when the decimal point appeared with Glen Van Brummelen of Quest University, and play a game of 2 lies and a truth with some people in the audience. 2 Lies and a Truth Slide The podcast was recorded live on the occupied land of the Arapaho and Cheyenne Nations. Taken finally through...

2020-02-1644 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain 2019 Year End Review To wrap up the year 2019 Samuel Hansen is joined by Katie Steckles and Christian Lawson-Perfect of Aperiodical.com to discuss some of the big stories from the world of mathematics this year.The stories they discuss include Hannah Fry’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Karen Uhlenbeck’s Abel Prize, year two of the Big Internet Math Off, a new multiplication algorithm, a new pi digits record, 33 and 42 as the sum of three cubes, and advances toward solutions for Collatz and Riemann. Download the episodeMusic:lowercase n

2019-12-3132 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Authors On this episode of Relatively Prime we explore the thoughts of authors of general audience mathematics books. Specifically they share why they started writing, how they choose their topics, and how they think about their audiences. It features clips from interviews Samuel Hansen conducted with Colin Adams, Ivars Peterson, John Allen Paulos, Jordan Ellenberg, Dave Richeson, Matt Parker, Steve Strogatz, and Alex Bellos. Download the EpisodeMusic:Lowercase nZombie Horde Sound Effect:Mike Koenig

2019-11-0126 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Citation Aging For this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel decided that instead of speaking to a guest they would instead talk about the research they are conducting now that they are a Mathematics & Statistics Librarian. This research looks into how the citations of mathematical publications age over time, and its discussion includes a first for Relatively Prime – Data Sonification! These sonifications were created using Jonathon Middleton’s website Musical Algorithms (you hear more about Jonathan and this site on the Relatively Prime Season 1 episode The Score) Median Citation Age Median Oldest Citation

2019-10-0119 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain A Beauty Cold and Austere On this month’s episode of Relatively Prime Samuel Hansen speaks with Professor Mike Spivey from University of Puget Sound about his interactive fiction game A Beauty Cold and Austere. They discuss how interactive fiction and mathematics work together, some of the mathematical puzzles in the game, and just what easter eggs might be hiding within the game. You can play A Beauty Cold and Austere here. Download the Episode Music:SepgilBroke for Free A Beauty Cold and Austere Voiceover:Bree PrehnKT Howard

2019-08-3127 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Robert Schneider This episode is a bit of a blast from the past. Samuel has recently been going back through some of the old episodes from season 1 and while there were listening to The Score they realized that while the story about Robert Schneider and the non-Pythagorean scale was great it barely scratched the surface of amazing things Robert talked about in the interview. Upon registering to the original conversation, 7 years after it was recorded, Samuel realized not only did the story barely scratch the surface, the rest of the interview was absolutely fascinating. Robert’s mind works in amazing ways an...

2019-07-311h 00

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Mathematical Objects On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel Hansen is joined by fellow podcasters and friends Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett of the Aperiodical to talk about their new mathematical podcast Mathematical Objects. They discuss about where the idea for the podcast came from, how talking about objects can lead to conversations which range from research mathematics to history and back again, and it even features two episodes of their show, one about a shirt and other about a piece of citrus. Once you hear it you will want to subscribe, which you can do here. Download the...

2019-06-2946 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain EDGE On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel speaks with the founders, Sylvia Bozeman of Spellman College and Rhonda Hughes of Bryn Mawr, a current director, Ami Randunskaya of Pomona College, and a former director, Ulrica Wilson of Morehouse College, of the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) program. They discuss why EDGE was started, how it transformed from a program to help young women entering graduate school into a multi-academic generation mentoring community, and its impact on mathematics. If you want to support the amazing work EDGE does you can donate here. Download the episode ...

2019-05-0116 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Mathematically Gifted & Black If a person is going to become a mathematician it is important for them to be able to see examples of people like themselves who have already made that journey. All too often this type of representation is few and far between for many mathematically inclined black and brown young people. On this episode of Relative Prime Samuel Hansen is joined by the four co-creators of Mathematically Gifted & Black: Candice Price, Erica Graham, Raegan Higgins, and Shelby Wilson. Together they talk about why they wanted to tell the stories of a wide breadth of black mathematicians lives, the importance...

2019-04-0131 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain 3 2 1...Action Here on Relatively Prime we have discussed mathematical novels and poetry and music and even featured mathematics sketches, but we have yet to talk movies. That oversight is going to rectified on this episode by featuring two interviews Samuel had done with people who have made movies where mathematics is the star. First up is Samuel’s conversation with the creators of the Flatland and Flatland² Sphereland animated movies writer and director Dano Johnson and the producer Seth Caplan Then you will here Samuel’s interview of Christopher Boone, the creator of the Kickstarter funded mathe...

2019-02-2849 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Jem's Gems On Relatively Prime we talk a lot about mathematicians and their research, but it has been a long time since we have talked about an absolutely integral part of how people end up becoming mathematicians and doing research…Math Teachers. After all if there were no math teachers then who would first tempt us into the world of mathematics with wondrous things like factoring, which is totally what got Samuel hooked. Hey don’t look at them that way, they just love a good difference of two squares quadratic. On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel speaks with...

2019-01-3117 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain A Year (1811) In Review Samuel has been in the middle of a big move this month, more on this in upcoming episodes, but they did not want you to be without a mathematical podcast to end the old and start the new year so here is a year in review episode (with a special twist)x from Samuel and Peter Rowlett’s old podcast Math/Maths. From the original Math/Maths description: In a traditional move for the start of January we attempt a review of the year. In an untraditional move, we choose the year 1811. Samuel an...

2018-12-3117 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain All the Math Podcasts This bonus episode of Relatively Prime features a live podcast recording from 2018’s Annual MathsJam Gathering. This live podcast featured segments from Math/Maths, Wrong But Useful, Talkdust, Strongly Connected Components/Travels in a Mathematical World/All Squared, The Aperiodcast, Relatively Prime, Taking Maths Further, and a surprise bonus show. It was a blast to record and hopefully also a blast to listen to. The Aperiodical did a more complete round-up of the live podcast which you can read here. Download the Episode Music: Lowercase n

2018-12-2040 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Cycle of Mathematics: Around 20 Papers Welcome to the fourth and final episode of the Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we are covering mathematics from its start as an idea to its publication to it inspiring the cycle to start anew. In this this episode we arrive at the inspiration step of the cycle. Specifically we hear from Michelle Girvan from the University of Maryland on how the Watt-Strogatz paper on small world networks discussed in the first episode of this mini-series helped motivate a definitely not insignificant amount of Michelle’s research. Stayed tu...

2018-11-3014 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Cycle of Mathematics: Orange Volumes on a Shelf (On the Internet) Welcome to the third episode of the Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we are covering mathematics from its start as an idea to its publication to it inspiring the cycle to start anew. In this this episode we bring to you a tour of where mathematics articles go after they are published so that they may be found, Mathematical Reviews/MathSciNet. Samuel is shown the path a paper follows through the Mathematical Reviews by Managing Editor Norm Richert, with stops to talk to many department heads along the way.

2018-11-0125 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Cycle of Mathematics: Verify, Revise, Repeat Welcome to the second episode of the Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we are covering mathematics from its start as an idea to its publication to it inspiring the cycle to start anew. In this this episode we bring to you the story of the hidden labor of mathematical research, that of the editors and the peer review referees. In order to do this Samuel spoke with Rachel Kuske, then of the University of British Columbia and now the Chair of Mathematics at Georgia Tech, and W. Ted Mahavier of...

2018-10-0117 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Cycle of Mathematics: The Six Handshakes Welcome to the new Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we will be covering mathematics from its start as an idea to its publication to it inspiring the cycle to start anew. In this first episode we bring to you the story of the ground breaking small-world network research of Duncan Watts and Steven Strogatz which spawned the mathematical discipline of network theory. This work was published in Nature in 1998 in a paper title Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks. In order to tell this tale Samuel spoke with Duncan themself to get...

2018-08-3127 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain The Big Internet Math Off (Updated) As this is being written there is around 18 hours left in the final match of the Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off between Matt Parker and Dr. Nira Chamberlin. In honor of the final Samuel got on the phone and talked with the creator of the Math Off Christian Lawson-Perfect about where the idea came from and what it has been like to run. Samuel also got a hold of Dr. Nira Chamberlin who was kind enough to take carve out some time from a busy schedule at a new job to take a call from Samuel to...

2018-07-2542 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Math Off Round 4: Checkers Sadly Samuel did not make it to the final round of The Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off, but lucky for y’all in a fit of profound arrogance, as well as trying to deal with some potential scheduling issues which could have accompanied victory, they had already made all of their entries. Instead of letting them languish in the dust bin of mathematical communication history Samuel has decided to release them anyway. This would-be final entry is all about checkers, well checkers and AI and hubris and death and rivalry and the devi...

2018-07-241h 03

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Math Off Round 3: Gerrymandering Sadly Samuel did not make it to the semi-final round of The Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off, but lucky for y’all in a fit of profound arrogance, as well as trying to deal with some potential scheduling issues which could have accompanied victory, they had already made all of their entries. Instead of letting them languish in the dust bin of mathematical communication history Samuel has decided to release them anyway. This would-be semi-final entry is all about Gerrymandering. It features interviews taken from two different episodes, Mathematistan from the second season and Re D...

2018-07-1909 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Big Internet Math Off Round 2: Quaternions Sadly Samuel did not make it to the second round of The Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off, but lucky for y’all in a fit of profound arrogance, as well as trying to deal with some potential scheduling issues which could have accompanied victory, they had already made all of their entries. Instead of letting them languish in the dust bin of mathematical communication history Samuel has decided to release them anyway. This would-be second round entry is all about William Rowan Hamilton, quaternions, and the walk in their honor. It includes a beautiful song...

2018-07-1212 min

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2017-06-301h 22

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2017-03-1420 min

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2016-02-031h 01

Strongly Connected Components SCC 60: The Other Half On this episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen is joined by the hosts of the new ACMEScience podcast The Other Half, Annie Rorem and Anna Haensch. The Other Half, a new podcast from ACMEScience.com, is an exploration of the the other half of a bunch of things. First, Anna and Annie want to take you on a tour of the other half of math — the fun half you might be missing when you learn math in school, the half that helps you makes sense of your own life. And on the flip side of...

2015-05-2724 min

ACMEScience SCC 60: The Other HalfOn this episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen is joined by the hosts of the new ACMEScience podcast The Other Half, Annie Rorem and Anna Haensch. The Other Half, a new podcast from ACMEScience.com, is an exploration of the the other half of a bunch of things. First, Anna and Annie want to take you on a tour of the other half of math — the fun half you might be missing when you learn math in school, the half that helps you makes sense of your own life. And on the flip side of that equation, they want to...

2015-05-2724 min

Strongly Connected Components SCC 57: Talithia Williams On this episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen is joined by Associate Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College Talithia Williams. They discuss what it was about statistics that drew her to its study, how you can use your body’s data to live a better life, and why she spends as much time as she can providing service to underrepresented populations in mathematics. Support Strongly Connected Components at our Patreon! You can subscribe via the RSS Feed or iTunes(where you can also leave us a review) Follow @acmes...

2015-04-2234 min

Strongly Connected Components SCC 56: Jordan Ellenberg On this episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen is joined by Jordan Ellenberg, University of Wisconsin professor and author of the book How Not to Be Wrong. They talked about why the son of two statisticians becomes a mathematician, how a year of writing fiction taught him he needed to do mathematics, where his book and article ideas come from, and he gives Samuel some dating advice he learned from slime molds. Be sure to read Jordan’s blog, follow him on twitter, and check out his talk, among so much other cool mathematica things, on Ap...

2015-04-0930 min

Strongly Connected Components SCC 55: Edge Program On today’s episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen speaks to Sylvia Bozeman and Rhonda Huges, the co-founders, and Ulrica Wilson and Ami Radunskaya, the current directors, of the EDGE Program. EDGE is a program all about creating the next generation of women leaders in mathematics. They speak about how EDGE was started, where it has been, where it is right now, and where it will be going in the future. Samuel also asks them for one idea to make mathematics a more inclusive subject today. Music: Hard N Phirm sciencectn...

2015-03-2637 min

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science SSS 14: Global Warming vs Climate Change Talking about the effect that humans are having on our environment due to CO2 we have two choices, we can talk about Global Warming or we can talk about Climate Change. This bout of Science Sparring Society is about that fight and features Wally Broecker, a geochemist with a history when it comes to Global Warming. Do not forget to subscribe via iTunes(or via RSS), and leave Science Sparring Society a review in the store. Also, you can follow @acmescience on twitter for all your Science Sparing Society updates.

2015-02-2500 min

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science SSS Fight 13: Stigler’s Law “Eponymy in science is the practice of affixing the names of scientists to what they have discovered or are believed to have discovered,’ as with Boyle’s Law, Halley’s comet, Fourier’s transform, Planck’s constant, the Rorschach test, the Gini coefficient, and the Thomas theorem” –Richard K Merton, “The Thomas Theorem and The Matthew Effect” There are a lot of scientific theories and discoveries that are named after the scientists that found them, too bad a lot of them did not deserve it. Download the Episode Music: Jazz En...

2014-12-3103 min

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science SSS Fight 12: Hilai Vs. Chandrasekhar The widespread use of Dark Energy power creation has been with us for decades, but the story of the two best friends that are responsible for our ability to harvest the invisible majority of matter in the universe is as heartbreaking as it is important. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/ssshvc.mp3″ text=”Fight 12: Hilai Vs. Chandareskhar” dl=”0″] Music: Weltraumbahnhof-Dark Energy Do not forget to subscribe via iTunes, and leave Science Sparring Society a review in the store. Also, you can follo...

2012-12-2907 min

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science SSS Fight 11: Marconi Vs. Maskelyne While most people know about the massive fight over the patents concerning the invention of radio that Gugliemo Marconi found himself embroiled in, that fight was not the most interesting one in which he participated. Instead the fight that this episode of Science Sparring Society concerns itself with involves wireless telegraphy, its security, and the first guy doing it for the lulz. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/sss11mvm.mp3″ text=”Fight 11: Marconi Vs. Maskelyne” dl=”0″] Music: wireless olllll bakfietsboys Ob Noxi...

2012-11-2807 min

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science SSS 10: Mercator Vs. Peters In 1973 Arno Peters launched an attack on most prevalent map projection in the world, a 400 year old map created by the flemish cartographer Geradus Mercator, and released his own map to replace it. It did not go exactly as he hoped. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/sss10MvP.mp3″ text=”Fight 10: Mercator Vs. Peters” dl=”0″] Music: Road Map Do not forget to subscribe via iTunes, and leave Science Sparring Society a review in the store. Also, you can foll...

2012-10-2207 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain 1+1=2 It hardly seems that a week can go by without seeing another newspaper story or television report about the decline of the American Educational Establishment. Particularly in respect to mathematics. As a product of said establishment Samuel Hansen can not say that he thinks that it is as bad as the doomsayers would have us all think, but that is not to say that he thinks everything is peachy keen either. There are problems, ranking 25th, out of 34 countries, on the mathematical section of the OECD’s International Student Assessment test, a score they refer to...

2012-10-081h 02

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain 0,1,2,3… This episode is all about the forgotten mathematical tool of numbers. Ok, forgotten may be a bit strong, but after a certain point in mathematics numbers seem to lose a bit of their importance. For the first few years after you start to learn math it is all add these numbers, divide this number by that one, or find that number. And then it morphs into for all numbers or let x be an arbitrary number or for epsilon greater than zero and numbers start to lose their power. Well not on this e...

2012-10-051h 16

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science SSS Fight 9: DNA On this month’s Science Sparring Society we bring you the fight over who will find, and who will be credited for finding, the double helix. With multiple teams battling to be the first over the finish line, and one team that really does not get along very well, a certain amount of conflict was to be expected. What was not, was the much later battle over who actually deserved the credit for the discovery. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”http://media.blubrry.com/scc/acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/sss9DNA...

2012-09-2613 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Erdos Paul Erdos was one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th Century, the one that other mathematicians measure their distance from, and beyond that one of the most interesting. His highly collaborative, highly nomadic life brought him in touch with hundreds if not thousands of other mathematicians, and every single on of them has their own Erdos story to tell. In order to find out more about the man, Samuel Hansen spoke to three of his collaborators and the man who runs the Erdos Number Project. (download) Subscribe via iTunes

2012-09-231h 02

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain The Score There are many similarities between mathematics and music. They are their own vocabulary, their own written language, their own way of describing the world around us, but while they are similar the Venn diagram that contains mathematics and music doesn’t always seem to have a huge overlap. This episode of Relatively Prime brings you three stories from that intersection. First a story of mathematics applied to music, in a way that no musician would have thought up. Next a story of what happen when you take mathematician and musician and combine it into a single person. Fi...

2012-09-221h 06

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain The Shape of ThingsMathematics is rather unfairly thought of as a numbers game, but there really is much more too it and after scouring the world Samuel Hansen found a man proud to stand on his geometric soapbox, another with some important breaking mathematical news from out of this world, two more who speak with Samuel about his favorite building in the whole world, and finally one who helped to find the shape of something that is generally thought not to have one. Listen to the Episode (download) Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe...

2012-09-211h 05

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain The Unexpected Sometimes an approach you are sure will work yields results. Maybe the Cambridge sandwich year and a unicycle society will lead to traveling around the world talking about the mathematics behind throwing things in the air. Other times a sociologist’s observations about the statistics of networks decades later might help predict epidemics. Also who knows where an epiphany had while giving an exam may lead. For this episode Samuel Hansen searched near and far for stories of what was not expected. (download) Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe via RSS...

2012-09-1958 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain The Toolbox The mathematics that we all learn in school is great. No, really, it is. How can anyone get through life without knowing how to add or subtract. Multiply or divide. Solve for an unknown or factor a polynomial. OK, you might be able to get through life without that last one, but the point still stands, the mathematics that we all learn in school is great. It isn’t everything though. There are a lot of other tools that mathematics has to offer that could enrich people’s lives. On this episode Samuel Hansen rummages throug...

2012-09-1858 min

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain Chinook You may not think of checkers as an important game intellectually. It certainly has never had the cachet of chess. That did not stop it from becoming the obsession of the University of Alberta computer science professor for nearly two decades and the center of one of the most ambitious Artificial Intelligence projects ever undertaken. This is their story. Listen to the Episode (download) Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe via RSS Follow ACMEScience on twitter, and Samuel Hansen too, for Updates on Relatively Prime, and our other shows

2012-09-171h 02

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science SSS Fight 8: Adams Vs. Le Verrier On this month’s Science Sparring Society we bring to you a battle as a big as a planet, oops a fight over a planet. Neptune was first discovered by Johann Galle and Heinrich d’Arrest based on predictions by Urbain Le Verrier, but the English could not deal with the Germans and the French getting credit so they put forth their own champion John Couch Adams to try to grab some of the credit. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”http://media.blubrry.com/scc/acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/sss8lva.mp3″ text=”Fight 8: Le...

2012-08-2707 min

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science Fight 7: Cantor Vs. Kronecker On this month’s Science Sparring Society we bring to you the fight of infinity. Pitting two of the greatest mathematical minds of their generation against one another, the fight over infinity changed the face of mathematics itself. In the corner of multiple infinities was Georg Cantor and fight for the finite was Leopold Kronecker. You will have to listen to find out who won, and who hits below the belt. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”http://media.blubrry.com/scc/acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/sss7cvk.mp3″ text=”Fight 7: Cantor Vs. Kronec...

2012-07-3110 min

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science SSS Fight 6: Edward Drinker Cope Vs. Othniel Charles Marsh A story of two men with epic names, dinosaurs, dynamite, and science. Oh, and a little scientific battle called the BONE WARS Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”http://media.blubrry.com/scc/acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/SSS6cvm.mp3″ text=”Fight 6: Cope Vs. Marsh” dl=”0″] Music: Guitar Rock Booze ‘n Snooze Trio Style Do not forget to subscribe via iTunes, and leave Science Sparring Society a review in the store. Also, you can follow @acmescienc...

2012-06-2510 min

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science SSS Fight 5: Hawking Vs. Susskind In a house in San Francisco Leonard Susskind heard Stephen Hawking say that black holes ate information, he did not agree. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”http://media.blubrry.com/scc/acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/sss5hawkingvssusskind.mp3″ text=”Fight 5: Hawking Vs. Susskind” dl=”0″] Music: Supermassive Black Holes Strings Cover Deep Black Hole Black Hole R2 Do not forget to subscribe via iTunes, and leave Science Sparring Society a review in the store. Also, you can follo...

2012-05-2204 min

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science Fight 4: Galvani Vs. VoltaGalvani wanted to show that animals were inherently electrical, Volta wanted to prove him wrong. In the end it all leads to the Machines using us as batteries, really it does. I promise. [wpaudio url=”http://media.blubrry.com/scc/acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/sss4gvv.mp3″ text=”Fight 4: Galvani Vs. Volta” dl=”0″] Music: Manic Cello Pieces by oneoneoneone Broken Bow Read more …

2012-04-2407 min

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science Fight 3: Priestly vs. Lavoisier vs. ScheeleScheele did it first, Priestly got the credit, but Lavoisier made it relevant. The discovery of Oxygen was an important turning point in the history of science, and barely any mice had to die. [wpaudio url=”http://media.blubrry.com/scc/acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/sss3pvlvs.mp3″ text=”Fight 3: Priestly vs. Lavoisier vs. Scheele” dl=”0″] Music: Oxygen Garden Do not forget to subscribe via iTunes, and …

2012-03-2808 min

Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science Fight 1: Newton Vs. LeibnizThe first fight to be featured in the Science Sparring Society is between the two biggest intellectual heavyweights of the late 17th Century, Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz. Their battle over the Calculus was so epic they call it a war! Music from: liverpoolguitarsociety Djlo(2)(3) CameronMusic folkcello Download this Episode [wpaudio url=”http://media.blubrry.com/scc/acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/sss1nvl.mp3″ text=”Fight 1: Newton …

2012-01-2314 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 71: Unless You Are In Z1Samuel Hansen is joined by Brandon Metz, Juan Mariscal, and Cody Palmer for an era ending episode as Samuel is leaving las Vegas within a week of this recording. So they decided to tackle the four most fundamental of all mathematical operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Topics Discussed: Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp71.mp3″ text=”Episode 71: Unless You Are In Z1″ dl=”0″] Leave us an iTunes review! Follow @acmescience on twitter too!

2011-08-1945 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 70: The Pink NotepadFor today’s Combinations and Permutations Samuel Hansen is joined by a Sean Breckling and Cody Palmer for discussion about just what that math we are all told that we do every single day really is. Support the ACMEScience Kickstarter project Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp70.mp3″ text=”Episode 70: The Pink Notepad” dl=”0″] Leave us an iTunes review! Follow @acmescience on twitter too!

2011-07-0647 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 69: A Taste of SCCSamuel Hansen was unable to get his fellow guests together so today on Combinations and Permutations we feature two interviews from our sister show Strongly Connected Components, Daina Taimina and David Spiegelhalter. Support the ACMEScience Kickstarter project Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain. Daina Taimina is the author of “Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes” and Professor at Cornell Univerity. She and Samuel 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 her work visit her websit...

2011-06-2253 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 68: Brachistroni and CheeseOn this episode of Combinations and Permutations Samuel Hansen is joined by Cody Palmer and Christopher Bates for a rather lively discussion of Conics, Koch, Roses, Spirals, the Witch of Agnesi, and brachistroni and cheese. In other words they talked about curves. Also, please support the acmescience.com Relatively Prime Kickstarter Project! Topics Covered: Curves Curvature Conic Sections Koch Curve Witch of Agnesi Brachistrone Rose Curve Catenary Spiral Backward Bending Supply Curve of Labor Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.ac...

2011-06-071h 00

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 67: This is Not About Facebook Samuel Hansen is joined by Cody Palmer, Brandon Metz, and Juan Mariscal to talk about Small Worlds, Power Laws, the Strength of Weak Ties, and just why Your Friends have More Friends that You Have. Topics Covered: Social Network Theory Milgram’s Small World Experiment Watts/Strogatz Small World Model Albert and Barabasi Model Power Law Distribution Strength of Weak Ties(PDF of Paper) Your Friends Have More Friends than You Do Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/c...

2011-05-3053 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 66: Get a Job Samuel Hansen is joined by Brandon Metz and Cody Palmer to talk about mathematical careers that was requested by Peter Rowlett, who suggested it just to make sure Samuel plugged his podcast Travels in a Mathematical World. Links: Travels in a Mathematical World Math Jobs(AMS) Math Jobs(MAA) Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp66.mp3″ text=”Episode 66: Get a Job” dl=”0″] Leave us an iTunes review! Follow @acmescience on twitter too!

2011-05-0436 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 65: We Made them Play TelephoneBack from a Thesis related podcast vacation Samuel Hansen hosts a podcast talking about talking about talking about math, with special guests Brandon Metz, Sean Breckling, and Jenni Whitmer. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp65.mp3″ text=”Episode 65: We Made them Play Telephone” dl=”0″] Leave us an iTunes review! Follow @acmescience on twitter too! Talk Dos: Use Multiple Communication Methods Think of Your Audience Be Well Prepared and Coiffed Be Passionate Maintain Eye Contact Talk Don’ts: Talk too fast

2011-04-2556 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 64: Why, Just Why?On today’s episode of Combinations and Permutations your host Samuel Hansen poses the question of why mathematics to his guests Sean Breckling and Brandon Metz. He kind of sort of gets an answer, and then it all devloves into a debate on mathematical communication. Here we go. Topics: The Original Why Math Discussion on Math/Maths with Ruby Childs Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp64.mp3″ text=”Episode 64: Why, Just Why?” dl=”0″] Leave us an iTunes review! Follow @acmescience on twitter too!

2011-03-2756 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 63: Now It Seems TrivialOn today’s Combinations and Permutations Samuel Hansen is joined by Christopher Bates, Cody Palmer, and Anthony Sellari for the most optimal episode in our history. Also, do not forget about the “I Listen and I hate You” email competition where you can win a photo of Samuel getting stomped by his guests, and maybe even more. Follow @acmescience on twitter too! Topics Covered: Optimization Linear Programming Simplex Method Dual Problems Nonlinear Programming Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp63.mp3″ text=”Episode 63: Now It Seems Tri...

2011-03-0154 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 62: Jeff Goldblum on a Tilt-a-WhirlACMEScience · CP 62 Jeff Goldblum On A Tilt – A-Whirl On today’s Combinations and Permutations your host Samuel Hansen is joined by Brandon Metz, Sean Breckling, and Juan Mariscal for a conversation that was doomed from the start thanks to its sensitivity to initial conditions. In one of the most tangential conversations in months …

2011-02-2242 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 58: No PantsToday’s episode of Combinations and Permutations features Cody Palmer, Brandon Metz, and your intrepid host Samuel Hansen discussing the many faces, look a pun, of tesselations. Topics Covered: Tesselations Regular Tilings Penrose Tiling Hyperbolic Tesselations MC Escher Escher Tesselations Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp58.mp3″]

2011-01-2338 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 57: LIVE, with audium!ACMEScience · CP 57 LIVE, With Audium! Today’s episode of Combinations and Permutations was recorded live at MathsJam in Stone England back on November 13/14th. Samuel Hansen was joined by Matt Parker, James Grime, and Peter Rowlett for the funniest and least informative episode yet. Download the Episode

2010-12-0436 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 55: What is a Forest?On today’s Combinations and Permutations Samuel Hansen finally gives in and just talks about Graph Theory with his guests Anthony Sellari, Cody Palmer, and new blood Steve Fisher. Topics: Graph Theory Bridges of Koenisberg Eulerian Path Hamilotian Path Directed Graphs 4-Colors of Podcasting Network Flow Trees Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp55.mp3″] Also be sure to …

2010-10-2650 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 50: THE GAME SHOW!May I present to you The Combinations and Permutations Game Show with your Host Samuel Hansen and contestants Leigh-Anne Duncan, Christopher Bates, Eric Everstine, Anthony Sellari, Nathan Rowe, and Cody Palmer. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp50.mp3″]

2010-07-181h 04

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 46: What Would Georg Do?Samuel Hansen demands that Cody Palmer, Juan Mariscal, and Nathan Rowe talk about the least appreciated and most disparaged mathematician in recent history: Georg Cantor. Links to this episode’s topic: Georg Cantor Set Theory Baconism Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp46.mp3″]

2010-06-2055 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 45: The Number 31On today’s episode Samuel Hansen really tries to make Anthony Sellari, Brandon Metz, and Christopher Bates discuss the three articles that he had assigned them to read. Links to the articles discussed: Bolztmann Solution Metric Mania The Number 31 and Counting Download the Episode Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp45.mp3″]

2010-06-1348 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 39: You Missed SomethingSamuel Hansen hosts and Brandon Metz and Eric Everstein guest on this episode about knots. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp39.mp3″]

2010-03-2341 min

Strongly Connected Components Episode 13: Ivars PetersonOn today’s episode Samuel Hansen has a conversation with noted mathematical journalist, Director of Publications and Communications for the Mathematical Association of America, and, most importantly, the Mathematical Tourist Ivars Peterson. You can find out more about Ivars Peterson on his website and can find his columns at the MAA. Download this Episode [wpaudio url=”http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/190991787-acmescience-scc-13-ivars-peterson.mp3″]

2010-03-1126 min

Combinations And Permutations Episode 38: Plastics and ConstantsSamuel Hansen is still the host, and well over his ennui of last week, and has Nathan Rowe and Christopher Bates on to talk constants in honor of Pi Day Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp38.mp3″]

2010-03-1140 min

Combinations And Permutations Episode 37: Is This the End?Samuel Hansen hosts, with regrets, yet another episode of Combinations and Permutations, this time about Polyhedra. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp37.mp3″]

2010-03-0852 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 35: Despotisms BADSamuel Hansen finally managed to get three other people, Brandon Metz, Cody Palmer, and Juan Mariscal, together in a room to talk about mathematics. In another episode that takes place in thought experiment world, they talk about mathematics and despotisms. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp35.mp3″]

2010-02-1146 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 34: Diff-E-FreezeOn this today’s episode Samuel Hansen, Cody Palmer, and the Juan(Man Show) Mariscal discuss: differential equations, stormtroopers, the best mall restaurants, and develop a plan for the best slurpee franchise ever. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp34.mp3″]

2010-01-0554 min

Combinations And Permutations Combinations and Permutations Episode 32: They Come From Dimension XOn Today’s Podcast Nathan Rowe, Leigh Anne Duncan, Christopher Bates, and your host Samuel Hansen discuss: The real meaning of Lupis, why Rudy Rucker asolutely rules, and backward vs. forward Causality. Download the Episode [wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp32.mp3″]

2009-12-0751 min