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eat.READ.sleep. Bücher für dichBuchladen: Tipps für WeihnachtenZwischen Dorfromanregal und Kinderbuchabteilung stellen sich Daniel und Katharina den Anfragen der Kundschaft. Ding Dong!Die Bücher der Folge:Kunstkrimi für die Freundin:Donna Tartt: „Der Distelfink“ Bernhard Jaumann: „Caravaggios Schatten“ und „Der Turm der blauen Pferde“Christine Neumeyer: „Der Kuss des Kaisers“Für den Mann, der sich für KI und so interessiert:Tibor Rode: „Der Wald“ und „Lupus“Für den 13/14-jährige Jungs: James Dashner: „Die Auserwählten“ Orkun Ertener: „Was bisher geschah und was niemals geschehen darf“Für den Vater, der Segeln mag: Marsali...
2025-12-201h 26
Last WordJimmy Cliff, Charlotte Bingham, Skye Gyngell, David BellosKirsty Lang on: Jimmy Cliff, who took reggae music onto the global stage. His former record producer and founder of Island Records, Chris Blackwell pays tribute. Charlotte Bingham, the writer who mined the experience of her upbringing and relationships to pen dozens of novels and screenplays.Skye Gyngell, the Australian born chef whose devotion to fresh seasonal produce made a lasting impact on modern British cooking.David Bellos, the award-winning literary translator who revelled in linguistic challenges.Interviewee: Chris Blackwell
Interviewee: Lloyd Bradley
Interviewee: Candida Brady
Interviewee: Thomasina Miers
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2025-11-2827 min
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2025-09-1300 mineat.READ.sleep. Bücher für dich(143) Sauerteigbrot und MatheNaturwissenschaft meets Literatur – eine riskante Versuchsanordnung für Daniel und Katharina. Aber für diese Folge stellen sie sich ihren Dämonen und lesen sich durch stapelweise Romane und populäre Sachbücher mit MINT-Content. Spoiler: Mathe kann Spaß machen, wenn die Geschichte stimmt. Keine These, sondern eine (lückenlos) bewiesene Tatsache! Es gibt viele Buchtipps, nicht nur für Mathe-Nerds - und die Highlights unseres Podcast-Experiment im DESY, dem Deutschen Elektronen-Synchrotron in Hamburg. Wir gehen rein mit Mach 2!Alle Infos zum Podcast:https://ndr.de/eatreadsleepMail gern an:eatreadsleep@ndr.deAlle Le...
2025-07-251h 18
Common KnowledgeBeyond Numbers: Why Math Matters for the Human Soul with Torgun Lovely | Ep 4In this episode, we dive deep into the world of mathematics as more than just numbers and equations. Our guest, a passionate math instructor, shares his journey of discovering Plato’s Republic and explores how ancient philosophy can transform our understanding of math today. Through rich discussions, he explains why math is essential to human flourishing, offering insights into its power to shape minds and nourish the soul. From the concept of zero and its unique historical roots to the role of calculus in the church and beyond, he reveals how math has always intertwined with humanity’s deepest ques...
2024-11-1332 min
More or LessThe puzzles you’re meant to get wrongWhy do some puzzles make us immediately leap to the wrong conclusion?That’s the subject of Alex Bellos’ new book Think Twice, which has page after page of questions designed to deceive.Alex sets Tim Harford some of his favourite puzzles. Presenter: Tim Harford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison and Janet Staples
Sound mix: Donald MacDonald
Editor: Richard Vadon
2024-09-2808 min
Alex Avelar's PodcastGozo del Rey Episodio 87- Salmos 23Send us a textEl Salmo 23 es uno de los mas bellos salmos. Veamos lo que nos habla este hermoso salmo. Support the show
2024-07-2212 min
Digging for the WhyS2 E3 - Creating Safe and Encouraging Learning Environments with Alex BellosSend us a textIn this captivating episode, we invite Alex Bellos, renowned author, mathematician, and puzzle-maker, to join the discussion on why we dig for the why. Alex is an expert on the narrative approach to making maths engaging.We explore the similarities in teaching methods between maths and computer science. As well as the significance of generating curiosity and the role teachers play in encouraging an open and safe environment that prompts students to question ‘Why?’.Meet out Guest:Alex Bellos studied Mathematics and Philosophy at Cambr...
2024-07-1648 min
Front RowShane Meadows on the British film industry, Children’s books round-up, the Turner PrizeShane Meadows talks about his unconventional journey into the British film industry and his vision for more diversity in film, as he prepares to give the David Lean lecture at BAFTA.The founders of independent publishers Oneworld, Juliet Mabey and Novin Doostdar, discuss their Booker Prize hat trick as Paul Lynch becomes the third of their authors to win the prestigious literary prize.Which books will be a hit with the children in your life this Christmas? Children’s broadcaster Bex Lindsay has a run down of the outstanding titles she’d recommend.
And Front Row...
2023-12-0542 min
Fun Kids Book QuestFOOTBALL FANS, keepy-uppy with these amazing books! ⚽Welcome to a super sporty episode of Book Worms! To kick things off Bex got chatting to Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton all about their new book, The Football Encyclopedia! This book has all the football info a football superfan needs. Alex and Ben are here to tell us about their love for football and how they co-wrote this amazing book. Tom Palmer is here too, talking about his new book The Soccer Diaries: Rocky Takes LA! Rocky Race is due to fly over the pond to attend a prestigious soccer camp, but will it be that s...
2023-11-0128 min
5x15Marcus Du Sautoy and Alex Bellos on GamesWhen it comes to playing games, asking the right questions is everything. Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monopoly? And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors?
In his new book Around the World in 80 Games, the award-winning mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explores the maths behind the games we love to play, and why we love to play them. Spanning millennia, countries and cultures, he discovers how maths and games have been integral to human psychology and culture.
For 5x15, Marcus is in conversation with Alex Bellos a grandmaster of the...
2023-10-301h 00
Die erste SeiteFolge 23: 10 %-LesenManches Mal verrät einem die erste Seite nicht genug, um zu wissen, ob sich das Buch für einen Buddy Read eignet. Daher haben wir ausprobiert, anstatt der ersten Seite die ersten 10 % von einem Buch zu lesen! In Dieser Folge plaudern wir über unsere Erfahrungen mit dieser Herangehensweise und besprechen anschließend die ersten 10 % von sechs verschiedenen Büchern. Danach entscheiden wir „live“ im Podcast, welches dieser Bücher wir für die nächste Folge lesen werden. In folgende Bücher haben wir gemeinsam hineingelesen (inkl. Zeitmarken):[14:00] The Sunbearer Trials (SOL: Das Spiel der Zehn) - Aiden Thomas
2023-06-011h 00
Something You Should KnowSYSK Choice: The Science of Fear & How to Be A Great CommunicatorAsk people what their favorite or lucky number is, and you will get a lot of different answers. But if you ask enough people and you start to notice that one number emerges as the clear winner above the others. This episode begins with that number and why it is so popular. Source: Alex Bellos author of Here’s Looking at Euclid (https://amzn.to/3wgjt3z) We are all afraid of something . Maybe it is spiders or the dark or public speaking. Whatever it is, that creates that feeling of fear in you can be very power...
2023-05-2747 min
Hang Up and ListenWhat Happened to Damar HamlinJoel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsing on the field during Monday Night Football and what came after. Slate’s Ben Mathis-Lilley also joins to discuss TCU and Georgia’s thrilling wins in the College Football Playoff semifinals. Finally, author Alex Bellos discusses the Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, who died last week at age 82. Hamlin (3:26): Is it fair to criticize the NFL’s response to Monday’s on-field crisis? College Football Playoff (25:52): How TCU and Georgia took down Michigan and Ohio State. Pelé (46...
2023-01-041h 05
Café con pensamientos23. MARVIN ROMERO ING. AGRONOMO CON MAESTRIAS INTERNACIONALESHoy hablamos con un educador de cuna, investigador de renombre a nivel nacional e internacional por sus múltiples aportaciones al ecosistema de uno de los lagos mas bellos del mundo, el lago de Atitlán, becado en universidad de Honduras, de España, de Canadá y de Guatemala. Hablamos con una autoridad en materia educativa.
2022-10-022h 11
Unlock Your Ears To A Addictive Full Audiobook.Japan: A BBC documentary collection by Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy JenkinsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577143to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Japan: A BBC documentary collection
Author: Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy Jenkins
Narrator: Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Release date: August 11, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
A captivating anthology of programmes, painting a multi-faceted portrait of a unique country Japan is a land of complexity, contrast and contradictions. The world's third-largest economy, it is a powerhouse of innovation and a pioneer in technology, fashion and pop culture...
2022-08-118h 37Get Top Full Audiobooks in History, WorldJapan: A BBC documentary collection by Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy JenkinsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577143to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Japan: A BBC documentary collection
Author: Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy Jenkins
Narrator: Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Release date: August 11, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
A captivating anthology of programmes, painting a multi-faceted portrait of a unique country Japan is a land of complexity, contrast and contradictions. The world's third-largest economy, it is a powerhouse of innovation and a pioneer in technology, fashion and pop culture...
2022-08-118h 37Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in History, AsiaJapan: A BBC documentary collection by Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy JenkinsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577143to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Japan: A BBC documentary collection
Author: Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy Jenkins
Narrator: Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Release date: August 11, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Asia
Publisher's Summary:
A captivating anthology of programmes, painting a multi-faceted portrait of a unique country Japan is a land of complexity, contrast and contradictions. The world's third-largest economy, it is a powerhouse of innovation and a pioneer in technology, fashion and pop culture...
2022-08-118h 37
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Stori Sydyn: Dau Frawd, Dwy Gêm: Stori'r Cabangos - Dylan Ebenezer (Y Lolfa)
Stori Sydyn: Y Goliau a'r Dagrau - Stori Tash Harding - Dylan Ebenezer (Y Lolfa)
Meddwl am Man U – Rhodri Jones (Y Lolfa)
Malcolm Allen – Hunangofiant - Malcolm Allen (Y Lolfa)
Bardd ar y Bêl - Y Lôn i Lyon – Llion Jones (Barddas)
Futebol - The Brazilian Way of Life - Alex Bellos (Bloomsbury)
Back from the Brink - P...
2022-06-1438 min
On My Drive HomeReading Inspires MeI realized a while back that I often get inspired to record podcast episodes after starting a new book. I was reminded of this after listening to episode 67 of Jon Acuff's "All It Takes Is A Goal" podcast: "How to read 100 books in a year". And so, after more than three months of inactivity, I'm here to share my thoughts about how reading inspires me. I specifically talk about: Episode 67 of Jon Acuff's podcast My new read, "Hero on a Mission" by Donald Miller "The Earned Life" by Marshall Goldsmith Also briefly mentioned...
2022-05-1714 min
CrowdScienceIs maths real?Faced with one cake and eight hungry people, it’s pretty obvious how maths underpins reality. But as mathematics gets further from common sense and into seemingly abstract territory, nature still seems to obey its rules - whether in the orbit of a planet, the number of petals on a flower, or the structure of an atom.But what exactly is the relationship between mathematics and reality? That’s the impossibly difficult question CrowdScience has been set this week by our listener Sergio in Peru. It’s one that’s been pondered by humans for millennia: the Greek ph...
2022-03-1832 min
Slate DebatesCracking the Omicron CodeOn today’s episode of Spectacular Vernacular, Nicole and Ben discuss the pronunciation of the name of the latest COVID variant. They also interview Alex Bellos, puzzle columnist for The Guardian and author of The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book. And finally, Amanda Ripley, host of Slate’s podcast How To! joins us for some wordplay. We hope you’re ready to take your investigation skills to the next level. You could win a year’s membership to Slate Plus.Do you have any language questions or fun facts to share? Email us at spectacular@slate.com. Produce...
2021-12-0733 min
Language ChatsUnwrapped! Christmas Gift Ideas for Language LoversIt’s getting to that time of year… It’s almost Christmas! Are you thinking about what language-related goodies you’d like to find (or put) under the Christmas tree, or which ones you can gift to a language lover who lives further away?
In this episode of Language Chats, we’re talking about what we’d like Santa to bring us (*hint hint* friends/family/significant others) as well as gift ideas for language lovers like us, whether they are near or far.
What language-themed gifts would you like to give or receive this festive season?
Let us know...
2021-11-2935 minSomething You Should KnowWhat Are You Afraid of and Why? & Communication Strategies To Make You InfluentialAsk people what their favorite number is and you will get a lot of different answers. But if you ask thousands of people, one number emerges as the clear winner? This episode begins with what that number is and why so many people like it and consider it lucky. Source: Alex Bellos author of Here’s Looking at Euclid (https://amzn.to/3wgjt3z) What are you afraid of? Spiders? The dark? Public speaking? We are all afraid of something at some time - and that feeling of fear can be very powerful. Where does fear come fro...
2021-06-1449 minSomething You Should KnowSYSK Choice: How to Fix a Broken Heart & A Journey Through NumbersEveryone is different but when I need to solve a problem or think of something creative, I often lie down, close my eyes and think. And it turns out that is good advice for everyone. I start this episode with some interesting research that reveals why lying down is a good position to think in. https://lifehacker.com/need-a-creative-boost-try-lying-down-5982463Ever have your heart broken? I think we all have at some point. Psychologist Guy Winch, author of the book How to Fix a Broken Heart (https://amzn.to/2UD20it) joins me to explain why a broken...
2021-05-0148 min
Piedra de ToqueT08C603: Diario de expedición por el valle del Khumbu rumbo al Everest con Alex TxikonAquí arranca piedra de toque, el momento de los viajes, la montaña y la aventura con todos los contenidos siempre accesibles en formato podcast en piedradetoque.es Hoy diario de expedición desde el valle del Khumbu en Nepal rumbo al campo base del Everest donde Alex Txikon espera alcanzar su cima sin oxígeno y de modo express. Tras tres días en Katmandú, hemos comenzado el proceso de aclimatación con uno de los trekkings más bellos del Planeta: el que recorre este valle glaciar y el que tenemos para nosotros solos por la ausencia total de turis...
2021-04-2718 min
Piedra de ToqueT08C603: Diario de expedición por el valle del Khumbu rumbo al Everest con Alex TxikonAquí arranca piedra de toque, el momento de los viajes, la montaña y la aventura con todos los contenidos siempre accesibles en formato podcast en piedradetoque.es Hoy diario de expedición desde el valle del Khumbu en Nepal rumbo al campo base del Everest donde Alex Txikon espera alcanzar su cima sin oxígeno y de modo express. Tras tres días en Katmandú, hemos comenzado el proceso de aclimatación con uno de los trekkings más bellos del Planeta: el que recorre este valle glaciar y el que tenemos para nosotros solos por la ausencia total de turis...
2021-04-2718 min
The Fluent ShowWords of the Year 2020There are two big types of news in this episode:
Important celebrity word news from the worlds of Hilaria Baldwin and Wagatha Christie 🕵🏼
Important annual word news from the Word of the Year committees around the world
It's a bumper episode as Lindsay dropped in to discuss all those words that made our 2020, including
lockdown
coronavirus
rona / Miss Rona
BLM / Black Lives Matter
Samfundssind
PPE
Karen
AND MANY MORE!! 😄
I have a bunch of small corrections from this episode:
I got the German gender letters wrong when talking about Gendersternchen and job applicati...
2021-01-181h 24
Pivot Points PodcastAlex Bellos: The Nomadic MathematicianToday we’re joined by Sunday Times Best Selling author and Guardian columnist Alex Bellos (who we met through the wonderful Tulip Siddiq MP!)
Applying a mathematical way of looking at the world. Structures and quality questions exist in all forms. Alex applied this logic to the creative endeavour of writing for the Guardian as a journalist and eventually into authoring his books (see below for links). His pivots take us from journalism in the 90's, to Brazil, to bringing maths to the masses.
Through storytelling, he demystifies maths and dare we say, even makes it...
2020-11-2640 min
The Numberphile PodcastClub Automatic - with Alex BellosAuthor and puzzle guru Alex Bellos talks about mathematics, writing, reviews, and his early days running a nightclub.
Check out Alex's books on Amazon including his latest, The Language Lover's Puzzle Book
Alex's website has more information and links to his work and here is Alex on Twitter
Playlist of Alex's videos on Numberphile
Elliptical Pool Table video and Cake Cutting video
Please consider supporting Numberphile on Patreon
With thanks to
MSRI
2020-11-2554 min
The Numberphile PodcastClub Automatic - with Alex BellosAuthor and puzzle guru Alex Bellos talks about mathematics, writing, reviews, and his early days running a nightclub.
2020-11-2454 min
Interfaz 4:19Cómo nos conocimos, Fútbol Americano y cómo vencer la depresión - 2 Valedores podcast ep. 4Paquito y Davicho en esta ocasión nos platican cómo se conocieron hace ya más de 10 años, en un entrenamiento de uno de los deportes más bellos jamás creados, el Fútbol americano, así como del impacto que este deporte tuvo en sus vidas, beneficios y desventajas y de cómo enfrentar la vida después de ello.
2020-11-091h 16
Farol - Conexões da InformaçãoPatentes e propriedade intelectual - com Felipe Brandão e Renata Teixeira. Mediação: Rene Gabriel Jr. - Episódio #17Neste episódio o professor Rene Gabriel Faustino Júnior do curso de Biblioteconomia e do PPGCIN da UFRGS faz a mediação da conversa sobre patentes e inovação científica com a bibliotecária Renata Teixeira, formada pela UFMG, Analista de Inteligência Competitiva com foco em Tecnologias de Petróleo e Gás no Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento PETROBRAS e o administrador Felipe Brandão, servidor técnico administrativo da Secretaria de desenvolvimento tecnológico (SEDETEC) da UFRGS, no setor de propriedade intelectual.
SEDETEC UFRGS - https://www.ufrgs.br/sedetec/
https://www.ins...
2020-09-091h 13
Making Sound Sets06 Making sound set Pop Tour 90s mix - Abril 2020Música para recordar bellos momentos y bailar al ritmo de los artistas pop de los 90`s.
Making Sound expertos en fiestas
2020-05-271h 38
É Proibido VaiarÉ Proibido Vaiar #016 Pelé - A AutobiografiaÉ Proibido Vaiar é um podcast com leituras de textos de futebol. Este episódio #16 traz 'Pelé - A Autobiografia', em texto redigido por Orlando Duarte e Alex Bellos, lançado no Brasil em 2006 pela Editora Sextante. O trecho da leitura vem do capítulo 7 do livro, 'As primeiras despedidas'. Uma produção de Paulo Junior (@paulo__junior__).
Escreva para junior.paulosilva@gmail.com.
2020-04-2808 min
The extratime Football PodcastExtratime.ie Sportscast Season 8 Episode 7 - Treaty Utd, Cork City’s Takeover & The Secret Life of Tony CascarinoSend your your thoughts, opinions or feedback on any topics discussed on our podcastsDeclan Marron & Macdara Ferris bring you a sort of sequel to our Christmas book special to suggest some good reads to stave off any cabin fever. Full Time - The Secret Life Of Tony Cascarino by Paul Kimmage (12.25) gets a lot of focus as Dec found it in a bargain bin and underestimated how good it was. Former Limerick FC assistant manager John Grehan (now of Treaty Utd, formerly known as Limerick Utd) discusses the difficulties faced with filling th...
2020-03-171h 01
Bar78Epi. 8: Caricaturas, Palabra boricua y mucho mas..rascando en el baúl de los recuerdos nos encontramos con las mejores caricaturas de nuestra infancia ojala y podamos hacerles recordar bellos momentos a ustedes también
2020-01-222h 27
Scientifically...The SupercalculatorsAlex Bellos is brilliant at all things mathematical, but even he can't hold a candle to the amazing mathematical feats of the supercalculators. Alex heads to Wolfsburg in Germany to meet the contestants at this year's Mental Calculation World Cup. These men and women are the fastest human number crunchers on the planet, able to multiply and divide large numbers with no need to reach for a smart phone, computer or calculator. So how do they do it, and is it a skill that any of us can learn? Alex talks to Robert Fountain, the UK's two-time winner of...
2019-12-1128 min
Mr Barton Maths Podcast#093 Alex Bellos: Puzzles, Perception and Pool TablesAlex is a journalist, the man who runs the Guardian’s fortnightly Monday puzzle, and the author of some of the best-loved Maths books of recent times, including Alex’s Adventures in Numberland. As I found out, he is also just a brilliant person to have a chat to. We talk about puzzles, writing about maths, the perception of our subject, and plenty more!
For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/alex-bellos-puzzles-perception-and-pool-tables/
2019-11-242h 34
Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical DomainAuthors
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
ACMEScienceRelatively Prime: AuthorsOn this episode of Relatively Prime we explore the thoughts of authors of general audience mathematics books. 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.
Music:
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Zombie Horde Sound by Mike Koenig
2019-11-0126 min
CrowdScienceIs maths real?Faced with one cake and eight hungry people, it’s pretty obvious how maths underpins reality. But as mathematics gets further from common sense and into seemingly abstract territory, nature still seems to obey its rules - whether in the orbit of a planet, the number of petals on a flower, or the structure of an atom.
But what exactly is the relationship between mathematics and reality? That’s the impossibly difficult question CrowdScience has been set this week by our listener Sergio in Peru. It’s one that’s been pondered by humans for millennia: the Greek philosopher Pythagor...
2019-10-1832 min
RAIZ DE 5 - El podcast más hipotenusoRaiz de 5 - 3x41 - ¿Cuál es tu número favorito?Hablamos de letras y números, concretamente de nuestro número favorito, todos tenemos uno y cómo lo seleccionamos tiene mucho de matemáticas, de sociedad y de mera curiosidad. Según una encuesta de Alex Bellos y la opinión que hemos recogido por la audiencia. Tenemos el número 7 como el número más presente en nuestra encuesta y entrevistamos en exclusiva al número 73, el número descubierto recientemente por la serie The Big Bang Theory. Elegid el vuestro, compartidlo en redes o en nuestro teléfono 687229373 y nos oímos, con propiedades numéricas preciosas, por...
2019-07-0224 min
Everything Under The Sun18. How do Dolphins Squeak? How does a Football Referee’s Whistle Work? And Why do Giraffes have Such Long Necks?Squeak, squeak, whistle, whistle! Welcome to a noisy 18th episode of Everything Under the Sun. This week we answer three questions from Alyssa, Walter and Matilda. They are: How do Dolphins Squeak? How does a Football Referee’s Whistle Work? And Why do Giraffes have Such Long Necks? Find out all about how dolphins use their foreheads to squeak with Travis, who studies dolphins at the Natural History Museum, in London and so knows all about dolphins! Discover how dolphins can do impressions of each other, how they...
2019-03-2211 min
Breaking Bollocks30 - PodcastsA special 30th edition of our nonsense-spouting, banter-laden, tangent-driven chat which is Breaking Bollocks.We were joined by long-time listener and friend Peet(ronics), to exchange recommendations for other podcasts, drink beer, talk about how and why we got into podcasting, drink beer and make a very special announcement!An extended uncut version of this and other Breaking Dad episodes is available through Patreon by subscribing at Breaking Dad Fan level and above. Other patronage tiers are available...Visit https://www.patreon.com/breakingdad for further details.Mentioned...
2019-03-141h 21
Maths AppealMaths Appeal Ep 3 - Fractions & Decimals / Alex BellosBobby and Susan get to grips with fractions and decimals, and Bobby's puzzle this week features his fashion icon, the Waistcoat Wearer Gareth Southgate. Our guest is maths writer and broadcaster Alex Bellos - the self-styled 'foreign correspondent of maths' - who chats to Susan about the power of storytelling and why maths is not as geeky as it used to be.
2018-12-3000 min
DiscoveryThe SupercalculatorsAlex Bellos is brilliant at all things mathematical, but even he can't hold a candle to the amazing mathematical feats of the supercalculators. Alex heads to Wolfsburg in Germany to meet the contestants at this year's Mental Calculation World Cup. These men and women are the fastest human number crunchers on the planet, able to multiply and divide large numbers with no need to reach for a smart phone, computer or calculator. So how do they do it, and is it a skill that any of us can learn? Alex talks to Robert Fountain, the UK's two-time winner of...
2018-12-1726 min
Seriously...The SupercalculatorsAlex Bellos is brilliant at all things mathematical, but even he can't hold a candle to the amazing mathematical feats of the supercalculators. Alex heads to Wolfsburg in Germany to meet the contestants at this year's Mental Calculation World Cup. These men and women are the fastest human number crunchers on the planet, able to multiply and divide large numbers with no need to reach for a smart phone, computer or calculator. So how do they do it, and is it a skill that any of us can learn? Alex talks to Robert Fountain, the UK's two-time winner of...
2018-10-1929 min
Medio ambiente Alex Muerza en Por La SombraQué son los geoparques, conoce el geoparque de la Costa VascaLos geoparques son unos espacios naturales con un patrimonio geológico único a nivel internacional. Declarados por la UNESCO, ofrecen a sus visitantes bellos paisajes geológicos y otros atractivos culturales y turísticos. En Euskadi tenemos uno, el Geoparque de la Costa Vasca, ubicado en los municipios de Deba, Mutriku y Zumaia. Se caracteriza por la formación del flysch y, en el interior, la zona kárstica concentra la mayor cantidad de cavidades con restos arqueológicos de Gipuzkoa. En ella se ha rodado también algunas de las escenas de la serie Juego de Tronos. En este programa...
2018-07-3113 min
The NCETM Maths PodcastBooks that help maths teachingA discussion where five teachers describe books—new and old—that have helped in their maths teaching.
Show notes:
Taking part in the discussion are:
Martyn Yeo (@martynyeouk), primary maths teacher at an infants school in Nuneaton,
Ben Gordon (@mathsmrgordon), secondary maths teacher at a school in Blackpool,
Craig Barton (@mrbartonmaths) secondary maths teacher at a school in Bolton,
Laura Tullock (@mrs_tullock) Deputy head at a primary school in north Tyneside, and also Teaching for Mastery Lead for the Great North Maths Hub,
Mary Pardoe (@PardoeMary) Former maths teacher, with 40 years’ experience in maths education,
Steve...
2018-03-0141 min
M vs M65: Ett otroligt exotiskt namnEfter en veckas ledighet är vi tillbaka fulla av energi! Vi pratar Youtube, bra kanaler, och huruvida influencer är något man kan utbilda sig till. Vi får även med en släng av fysisk säkerhet, inklusive hur man kan öppna dörrar med hjälp av whisky.
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2017-12-1348 minThe Secrets of MathematicsCan Yule Solve My Problems? - Alex BellosIn our Oxford Mathematics Christmas Lecture Alex Bellos challenges you with some festive brainteasers as he tells the story of mathematical puzzles from the middle ages to modern day. Alex is the Guardian’s puzzle blogger as well as the author of several works of popular maths, including Puzzle Ninja, Can You Solve My Problems? and Alex’s Adventures in Numberland.
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Futility ClosetThe Bear That Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh In 1914, Canadian Army veterinarian Harry Colebourn was traveling to the Western Front when he met an orphaned bear cub in an Ontario railway station. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll follow the adventures of Winnie the bear, including her fateful meeting with A.A. Milne and his son, Christopher Robin. We'll also marvel at some impressive finger counting and puzzle over an impassable bridge. Intro: At least two British television series have included Morse code in their theme music. A map of the American Midwest...
2017-11-0632 min
Start the WeekFrom Darwin to Big Data with Richard DawkinsOn Start the Week Andrew Marr asks whether scientists have failed in their task to communicate their work to the wider public. The 'passionate rationalist' Richard Dawkins has spent his career trying to illuminate the wonders of nature and challenge what he calls faulty logic. But he wonders whether Darwin would consider his legacy now with 'a mixture of exhilaration and exasperation'. The child psychologist Deborah Kelemen has been working with young children to find out what they make of adaptation and evolution with the storybook, How the Piloses Evolved Skinny Noses, and is encouraged by the sophistication of...
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2017-01-2327 min
The Infinite Monkey CageHow to Beat the House and Win at GamesHow to beat the house and win at games.
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by mathematicians Hannah Fry and Alex Bellos, psychologist Richard Wiseman and games enthusiast Helen Zaltzman, to get their top tips for winning games and solving puzzles. Do mathematicians make better Poker players, or is psychology the key to the ultimate poker face? Will a knowledge of probability give you the ultimate winning strategy for your next game of Monopoly? (the answer is yes!). How old are the oldest puzzles and why do they involve wolves and cabbages? And how have puzzles...
2017-01-1642 min
Beyond BeliefReligion and NumbersMaths and religion are both ways of seeking order and understanding in the world. Numerologists who like to find significance in every number believe that 2016 was always going to be a bad year because of that combination of numbers - 2 0 1 6. Mainstream religious traditions have often set great store by numbers. Certain ones recur repeatedly in their scriptures, 3, 7, 40. What's that all about? Ernie Rea discusses religion's obsession with numbers with Marcus du Sautoy, Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford: Alex Bellos, science writer and journalist and author of...
2017-01-0927 min
Curious CasesThe Hunt for Nothing, Part 2In the last episode the team started investigating the following inquiry, sent in to curiouscases@bbc.co.uk:
'Is there any such thing as nothing?'They discovered why quantum fluctuations and the Higgs field mean that nothing is impossible. But how about in mathematics?The story of zero is fraught with inspiration, competition and controversy. Banned in Florence and hated by the Church, zero had a rocky road to acceptance after its genesis in India.Hannah talks to author Alex Bellos and hears about his journey to India to see the birth...
2016-12-0213 min
The Book ClubCan You Solve My Problems?: Alex Bellos on a puzzling historyWith Alex Bellos, author of 'Can You Solve My Problems?'Presented by Sam LeithBecome a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcastsContact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk
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2016-11-2826 min
MidweekSoweto Kinch; Ken Clarke MP; Melanie Lamotte; Alex BellosKen Clarke MP, jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch, historian Melanie Lamotte and writer and puzzle-historian Alex Bellos join Libby Purves.Alex Bellos is a writer and broadcaster who writes a maths blog and a puzzle blog for the Guardian newspaper. His book Can You Solve my Problems? reveals the story of the puzzle through 125 of the world's best brainteasers, from ancient China to medieval Europe, Victorian England to modern-day Japan, with stories of espionage, mathematical breakthroughs and puzzling rivalries along the way. He has also written a children's book, Football School, which uses football to explain everything from...
2016-11-1641 min
Poemario: Después del EngañoAlex SANTIAGO R. -Poeta, Meira del MarAudio dedicado a la poetiza Olga Chams (Meira del Mar)
Poema publicado en el libro: "Después del Engaño" (año 2016)
P Poeta, palabra de profundo significado,
O oníricos pensamientos, cada amanecer evoca,
E en las noches se abraza con el viento húmedo,
T tinto amargo a nuestra lengua provoca,
A amargo café para diluir el placer y el pecado.
M Muchas gracias poeta, poeta de gran militancia,
E enseñasteis a ver con el corazón,
I ir al orbe artístico con la razón,
R recibir el peso del tiempo con prudencia,
A alcanzar los fríos...
2016-07-0801 min
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2016-06-0951 min
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2016-03-1437 min
Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical DomainYour Daily Recommended Math
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We all use mathematics everyday. At least that is what we all like to tell our friends who ask us, “What good is math anyway?” The problem is so much of this everyday mathematics is, how should I say this, non-obvious. No one thinks they are doing mathematics when they figure out the larger peanut butter is not actually a better deal than the smaller size or when they cut across the intersection diagonally to save time or when they decide to ask...
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2015-09-2352 min
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2015-09-231h 07
The Skeptic MagLittle Atoms 392 – Royal Society Winton Prize 2015 ThreeThe last of three episodes of Little Atoms in association with the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, ahead of the award ceremony on Thursday 24th September. This week Neil Denny talks with Matthew Cobb, and there’s a repeat of our interview with Alex Bellos from May 2014. The show also includes a short […]
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Producer Beth O'Dea
Alex Bellos is the author of Alex Through the Looking-Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life.
2015-09-2127 minMore or LessWS MoreOrLess: The Elliptical Pool TableLoop
The ancient Greeks saw magic in the geometry of an ellipse and now mathematical writer Alex Bellos has put this to use in a specially designed table for a specially designed game of pool.
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2015-08-2409 minMore or LessSoaring diabetes - is there some good news?Diabetes
We heard earlier this week that there had been a 60% rise in the number of cases of diabetes in the last ten years. But is there actually some good news in these figures?
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Police in Leicestershire have been only sending forensic teams to attempted burglaries at houses with even numbers. The papers reported it as a scandal driven by money saving. But is it a scandal or a sensible attempt to work out how to deploy the police's tight resources?
Men who pay for sex
Do one in 10 men regulalrly pay for sex as a...
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2015-02-1317 min
JazzTK PodcastJazzTK Podcast 4x09 Duke EllingtonOtro programa dedicado a un compositor, en este caso a uno de los más grandes nombres del jazz: el duque Duke Ellington. Tremendamente prolífico en cuanto a su faceta de compositor, fue creciendo musicalmente durante toda su carrera y dejó algunos de los temas más conocidos y bellos del jazz.
Temas:
* Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet: In a sentimental mood (Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet)
* Michel Petrucciani: In a sentimental mood (Promenade with Duke)
* Kenny Drew Trio: Caravan (The Kenny Drew Trio)
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The Story ColliderAlex Bellos: Your Favorite NumberAlex Bellos is surprised that people ask him what his favorite number is, so he decides to ask everyone what theirs is. Alex Bellos is the author of the popular science bestsellers The Grapes of Math and Here's Looking at Euclid. In a previous life he was the Guardian's South America correspondent, based in Rio, where he wrote Futebol: the Brazilian Way of Life, a book on Brazilian football. He also ghost-wrote Pele's autobiography. Alex blogs on maths for the Guardian and presents maths documentaries for BBC Radio 4. His YouTube clip on how to cut a cake has had...
2014-12-2617 min
CABULOSO CAST Archives - Leitor CabulosoCabulosoCast #109 – Recomendações 2Olá Cabulosos do Brasil Baronil e Booklovers de todo o mundo! Sejam bem-vindos a mais um CabulosoCast! E neste capítulo, Lucien o Bibliotecário, Priscilla Rúbia e Lucas Ferraz recebem Igor Rodrigues para recomendar livros. Isso mesmo, na segunda edição da série recomendações você receberá indicações de livros por gênero sendo, respectivamente: ficção científica, terror, fantasia, clássico e uma categoria livre. Quer conhecer livros novos? Estourar a fatura do cartão de crédito? Então clique no play! Um bom episódio para vocês.
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Perdidos na EstanteCabulosoCast #109 – Recomendações 2Olá Cabulosos do Brasil Baronil e Booklovers de todo o mundo! Sejam bem-vindos a mais um CabulosoCast! E neste capítulo, Lucien o Bibliotecário, Priscilla Rúbia e Lucas Ferraz recebem Igor Rodrigues para recomendar livros. Isso mesmo, na segunda edição da série recomendações você receberá indicações de livros por gênero sendo, respectivamente: ficção científica, terror, fantasia, clássico e uma categoria livre. Quer conhecer livros novos? Estourar a fatura do cartão de crédito? Então clique no play! Um bom episódio para vocês. Vitrine do episódio por André Wallace Atenç...
2014-11-181h 31PODCASTS Archives - Leitor CabulosoCabulosoCast #109 – Recomendações 2Olá Cabulosos do Brasil Baronil e Booklovers de todo o mundo! Sejam bem-vindos a mais um CabulosoCast! E neste capítulo, Lucien o Bibliotecário, Priscilla Rúbia e Lucas Ferraz recebem Igor Rodrigues para recomendar livros. Isso mesmo, na segunda edição da série recomendações você receberá indicações de livros por gênero sendo, respectivamente: ficção científica, terror, fantasia, clássico e uma categoria livre. Quer conhecer livros novos? Estourar a fatura do cartão de crédito? Então clique no play! Um bom episódio para vocês.
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2014-11-1800 minPerdidos na EstanteCabulosoCast #109 – Recomendações 2Olá Cabulosos do Brasil Baronil e Booklovers de todo o mundo! Sejam bem-vindos a mais um CabulosoCast! E neste capítulo, Lucien o Bibliotecário, Priscilla Rúbia e Lucas Ferraz recebem Igor Rodrigues para recomendar livros. Isso mesmo, na segunda edição da série recomendações você receberá indicações de livros por gênero sendo, respectivamente: ficção científica, terror, fantasia, clássico e uma categoria livre. Quer conhecer livros novos? Estourar a fatura do cartão de crédito? Então clique no play! Um bom episódio para vocês. Vitrine do episódio por André Wallace Atenç...
2014-11-181h 31
Podcasts tengo1proposito35T1P_Alex de 'ayudanos a caminar' y Pablo 'pablobiwankenobi', los héroes del programa de 'tengo1proposito'tengo1proposito 20 ago 2014.- Las mamas de Alex y Pablo, Vanesa y Asun nos acompañan en este programa que os compartimos aquí. Vanesa creo una página en https://www.facebook.com/AYUDANOSACAMINAR, Asun un blog llamado http://pablobiwankenobi.blogspot.com.es/. Ambas recibieron una noticia "complicada" cuando sus hijos nacieron. Lejos de creer en los cortos pronósticos de los médicos ambas "luchan" día a día, minuto a minuto, segundo a segundo por estar con sus hijos. Estar y compartir con sus niños de "capacidades especiales" cada instante de vida. No adelantamos nada en este com...
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2014-06-1328 min
Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB179: What’s Your Favourite Number? (Belbury Poly, Max Harris, G.P. & G.F. Reverberi, Mongo Santamaría, xyce, Douglas Wood, Herbie Flowers & Barry Morgan, Pete Moore, Hugo Montenegro, Tito Rodriguez)This week we return to a news story we covered recently in which mathematician Alex Bellos sought to find out why people have a favourite number and what in fact the most popular numbers around the world are. So in … Continue reading →
2014-06-011h 06Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB179: What’s Your Favourite Number? (Belbury Poly, Max Harris, G.P. & G.F. Reverberi, Mongo Santamaría, xyce, Douglas Wood, Herbie Flowers & Barry Morgan, Pete Moore, Hugo Montenegro, Tito Rodriguez)This week we return to a news story we covered recently in which mathematician Alex Bellos sought to find out why people have a favourite number and what in fact the most popular numbers around the world are. So in … Continue reading →
2014-06-011h 06More or LessWS MoreOrLess: Brazil’s Maths SuperstarThe Man Who Counted, a book of 'Arabic' mathematical tales written by Middle Eastern scholar Malba Tahan was published in Brazil in the 1930s. It became a huge success. Malba Tahan's birthday, May 6th, is now celebrated as Brazil's National Day of Mathematics. But the author wasn't who everybody thought he was. Alex Bellos tells his story. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
2014-05-1209 minMore or LessFood Bank BritainFood banks are being used by a million people in Britain according to recent newspaper reports. But what do we really know about how many people are using food banks, and does this tell us anything about whether food poverty is increasing? Plus: we remember Gary Becker; Alex Bellos tells the story of Brazil's most famous mathematician; and did a fruit and vegetable seller run the first four minute mile in 1770?
2014-05-0928 min
Soccer MorningSoccer Morning: 5/7/14Welcome to today's episode of Soccer Morning with Jason Davis.Jason kicks off today's show by welcoming Alex Bellos, author of Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life, on the show to discuss his book and soccers importance to Brazilian culture.Jon Arold (Goal.com) then comes on the show to look at Honduras & Costa Rica's World Cup preparations.Jason then wraps up today's show with Peter Schaad (TEAM 1410 & TSN) as they discuss Vancouver's Canadian Championship game against Toronto FC and Kenny Miller's departure fro the club.
2014-05-071h 24
Saturday LiveAlex BellosRev Richard Coles and Andrea Catherwood with maths writer Alex Bellos, English-speaker Caroline Sarll who decided to bring her children up to be bilingual, Charlie Corr whose childhood dream came true when he met Pele, Frank McCauley from lowly Salford City FC who've caught the eye of Manchester United's famous 'Class of '92', Ken Jones who was caught in an avalanche, and Simon Duncan and Mark Atkinson whose band's name earned them a Banksy. Plus the Inheritance Tracks of writer and broadcaster Judy Finnigan.Alex Bellos's new book is Alex Through the Looking-Glass. His first maths...
2014-04-261h 25More or LessMagic NumbersDo you have a favourite number - one you love, one you think stands out from all the others? Author Alex Bellos joins us to talk about his quest to find the world's favourite number and discuss whether numbers really can be magical, mystical and memorable, or whether it's all mumbo jumbo. Why are odd numbers so appealing? Which number strikes fear into some people's hearts? And why do lists of questions like these always come in threes? This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
2014-04-1909 minDiscoveryNirvana by NumbersJournalist and numbers obsessive Alex Bellos travels around India to explore the fundamental numerical gifts which early Indian mathematicians gave to the world and asks whether the great religions of ancient India - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism - had any part in their origins. The number system which the world uses today originated in India in the early centuries of the first millennium AD. It is usually called the Arabic numeral system, but in the Middle East the scheme employing the symbols 0 to 9 is correctly referred to as the Indian system. The designation of zero as a...
2013-11-1827 minRelatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain0,1,2,3…
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
Strongly Connected ComponentsSCC Episode 43: Alex BellosOn today’s episode of Strongly Connected Components I am joined by the journalist and author Alex Bellos. Alex’s most recent book is Here’s Looking at Euclid, Alex’s Adventures in Numberland for UK listeners, and it is a journey through the world of mathematics told through stories that literally take the reader around the world. We …
2012-01-1617 minThe Infinite Monkey CageRandomnessPhysicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince are joined by the Australian comedian and musician Tim Minchin and mathematician Alex Bellos to discuss randomness, probability and chance. They look at whether coincidences are far more common than one might think and how a mathematical approach can make even the most unpredictable situations... well, predictable. Producer: Alexandra Feachem.
2010-11-2928 minShift Run Stop (just the episodes)Episode 41: Alex BellosWe chat to Alex Bellos this week. You must have seen his popular maths book (illustrated by SRS guest Andy Riley); Alex's Adventures in Numberland is everywhere at the moment. But is maths really that interesting? How many loaves of bread does it take to change a bell curve? What's 'God's Number' and is it cheaper if you ring after 6pm? Alex computes the answers, while in an unexpectedly gothic twist, your hosts assemble an edible skeleton and pool their entire knowledge of Twilight.
We have three copies of Alex's book to give away. Email us your...
2010-08-2600 min