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.
Eureka Magazine
The first 3 articles from my Millennium Problems series have been published in Cambridge University’s Eureka Magazine – one of the oldest recreational mathematics magazines in the world, with authors including: Nobel Laureate Paul Dirac, Fields Medallist Timothy Gowers, as well as Martin Gardner, Stephen Hawking, Paul Erdös, John Conway, Roger Penrose and Ian Stewart. To say I’m excited would be an understatement… (pages 82-84 in case you’re interested).
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.
Sir Michael Atiyah explains his love of Maths
In one of his last ever interviews, Sir Michael Atiyah explains his love of maths from his early years exchanging money as a child, until his final months working on the Riemann Hypothesis. A true giant of Maths, who is sorely missed. RIP.
Alessio Figalli: 2018 Fields Medal Winner
2018 Fields Medalist Alessio Figalli explains what is was like to be awarded the most prestigious prize in Mathematics…
With thanks to the Heidelberg Laureate Forum.
