Martin Hairer – winner of the 2014 Fields Medal – explains his work in probability theory using the randomness of a cup of tea…
Produced by Tom Crawford, with thanks to Martin Hairer, the Isaac Newton Institute, and Mario Matos.
Alessio Figalli (2018 Fields Medal) explains his career in Maths
2018 Fields Medal winner Alessio Figalli describes his mathematical journey from his study of Classics in High School, to his groundbreaking work in Calculus of Variations and PDEs.
Interview with the University of Oxford’s Dr Tom Crawford at the 2018 Heidelberg Laureate Forum.
Alex Bellos Interviews Abel Prize Winner Robert Langlands
Author and broadcaster Alex Bellos interviews 2018 Abel Prize Laureate Robert Langlands after he receives the award from King Harald V of Norway. Langlands discusses his early childhood in Canada, his choice of maths at university because it was ‘easy’, his meeting with Norwegian mathematician Atle Selberg at Princeton, and finally his advice for young mathematicians looking to make their mark on the subject.
Produced by Tom Crawford with support from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The third in a series of videos documenting my experience at the 2018 Abel Prize week in Oslo.
2018 Abel Prize Laureate Robert Langlands: Theorems v Theories
2018 Abel Prize Laureate Robert Langlands explains his work in the context of theorems versus theories. The second in a series of videos documenting my experience at the 2018 Abel Prize week in Oslo.
With thanks to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for kindly providing me with a scholarship.
