Mathematics

French writer and poet Jacques Roubaud is described as a senior statesman of European literature and world poetry. His latest translated book, Mathematics, pays homage to one of the great passions of… Audio

How a fascination for natural numbers greater than one that have no positive divisors other than one and itself, led to the discovery of what is still currently the largest known of one of these -… Audio

Michael Plank explains how mathematical modelling suggests that big fish, rather than small fish, should be thrown back Audio

Simon Singh's new book 'The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets' explores the many maths connections to the famous family living in Springfield. Audio

British mathematician and philosopher of science, who is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, and has written a number of books about god and science. Audio

New Zealand-born physicist Sean Gourley on the mathematical patterns that underly war, global intelligence, and his roles as a political advisor to the Iraqi government, the UN and the Pentagon. Audio

Professor of physics and astronomy in New York; her debut novel intertwines the lives of two maths legends. Audio