Mathematical Objects: Auctioneer’s Hammer with Tim Harford
A conversation about mathematics inspired by an auctioneer’s hammer. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Tim Harford.
Jun 18, 2021•30 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Mathematical Objects
Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett chat about some aspect of mathematics using a mathematical object as inspiration.
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Mathematical Objects: Dobble
A conversation about mathematics inspired by cards from the game Dobble. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. You can read more about Katie’s adventures in golfing combinatorics.
Jun 04, 2021•20 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Mathematical Objects: Arbelos with Catriona Agg
A conversation about mathematics inspired by an arbelos. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Catriona Agg. Catriona mentions this proof without words, which is taken from Proof Without Words: The Area of an Arbelos by Roger B. Nelsen in Mathematics Magazine.
May 21, 2021•29 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Mathematical Objects: Christmas crackers
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a box of Christmas crackers. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Merry Christmas!
Dec 25, 2020•21 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Mathematical Objects: Enigma machine with Tom Briggs
A conversation about mathematics inspired by an Enigma machine. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Tom Briggs.
Dec 11, 2020•37 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Mathematical Objects: Solids of constant width
A conversation about mathematics inspired by some solids of constant width. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Nov 27, 2020•11 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Mathematical Objects: Ball of wool with Pat Ashforth
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a ball of wool (yarn). Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Pat Ashforth.
Nov 13, 2020•30 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Mathematical Objects: Lottery machine
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a lottery machine. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Oct 30, 2020•25 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Mathematical Objects: Klein bottle with Matthew Scroggs
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Klein bottle and Mathsteroids. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Matthew Scroggs. Play Mathsteriods!
Oct 16, 2020•24 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Mathematical Objects: A hat
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a hat. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Oct 02, 2020•17 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Mathematical Objects: Hundred square with Susan Okereke
A conversation about mathematics and education inspired by a hundred square. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Susan Okereke. In the episode, we mentioned the original Prime Climb colouring sheet and Peter’s Prime Climb colouring sheet on GitHub as drawing-primes.
Sep 18, 2020•32 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Mathematical Objects: Twenty Pence coin
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Twenty Pence coin. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Aug 28, 2020•14 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Mathematical Objects: A vehicle with Christopher Danielson
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a vehicle. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Christopher Danielson.
Aug 14, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Mathematical Objects: Möbius band
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Möbius band. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Jul 31, 2020•17 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Mathematical Objects: Mandala with Hana Ayoob
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a mandala. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Hana Ayoob.
Jul 17, 2020•16 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Mathematical Objects: Acoustic mirrors with James Grime
A conversation about mathematics inspired by acoustic mirrors. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest James Grime. Image: WW1 Acoustic Mirror, Kilnsea; cc-by-sa/2.0 – © Paul Glazzard.
Jul 03, 2020•16 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Mathematical Objects: Number block cubes
A conversation about mathematics inspired by number block cubes/snap cubes. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Peter’s blog post: Mathematical play with young children. Mike Lawler’s three-tweet thread of more advanced ideas starts here:
Jun 19, 2020•18 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Mathematical Objects: Rubik’s Cube
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Rubik’s Cube. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Jun 05, 2020•22 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Mathematical Objects: D&D Dice
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a set of D&D dice. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
May 22, 2020•20 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Mathematical Objects: Season 3 ‘trailer’
Katie and Peter give a little update on the podcast, life in lockdown and the upcoming season/series 3.
May 12, 2020•4 min
Mathematical Objects: Robot caterpillar
A conversation about combinatorics, the mathematics of counting, inspired by a robot caterpillar. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Feb 28, 2020•17 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Mathematical Objects: Pencil
A conversation about the mathematics of chemistry inspired by a pencil, plus a chat about approximation. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Feb 14, 2020•20 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Mathematical Objects: Romanesco Broccoli
A conversation about mathematics including fractals inspired by a Romanesco Broccoli. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, idea suggested by John Read (thanks John!).
Jan 31, 2020•14 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Mathematical Objects: A deck of Set cards
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a deck of Set cards. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. We mentioned an implementation of Set in Python by Ben Nuttall and a retro NES version by Katie.
Jan 17, 2020•16 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Mathematical Objects: Ox Blocks
A conversation about mathematics inspired by the game Ox Blocks. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Dec 20, 2019•10 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Mathematical Objects: Correntator with Christian Lawson-Perfect
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Correntator, a mechanical adding machine. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Christian Lawson-Perfect.
Dec 06, 2019•15 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Mathematical Objects: Pseudorhombicuboctahedron
A conversation about mathematics inspired by the pseudorhombicuboctahedron. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Nov 22, 2019•16 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Mathematical Objects: A pair of skipping ropes
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a pair of skipping ropes. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Nov 08, 2019•13 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Mathematical Objects: Thermometer
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a thermometer. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Jul 05, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Mathematical Objects: Noughts and Crosses (Tic Tac Toe) board
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a Noughts and Crosses (Tic Tac Toe) board, covering Noughts and Crosses, a surprising number of variants, with a bit of higher dimensions and topology for good measure. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.
Jun 21, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 7
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