Just when you think it's been a while since the last Numberphile podcast then Brady comes around the corner with an interview with Timothy Gowers which is just the type of interview partner that I wish to hear on this podcast.
I skipped this podcast when I first saw the title and thumbnail, because I have never heard of the guest before. But now that I have watched it I regret skipping this in the first place, because in a way I feel like this podcast was the most relatable to me. Some very interesting perspectives!
I enjoyed the interview very much. You talked about Timothy Gowers's family background, so here's an extra tidbit which did not find its way into the podcast. His paternal great-grandfather, Sir Ernest Gowers, was a civil servant and author of Plain Words, a classic book on clear writing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Plain_Words
Considering Sir Tim Gower's blogs where they contribute ideas to solve problems, what happens to the authorship?Does the resulting paper become a paper of his since he proposed or posted his problem or it bears the names of the people who shared their ideas too?
Its a back and forth between rigour and intuition. Rigour puts a filter on your ideas and makes sure things make sense, but it doesnt always suggest to you what the nature of the problem is. If you are a gardener, you want to water and feed your plants, but also bind and limit them, so they grow where you want them to.
As a beardy, I think he should grow one. A bearded Professor is much cooler than a bearded doctor! Besides thinking about that takes my mind off all those mathematicians' drawers with proofs and solutions laying in them!
5:13 "Writing an essay when you have something to say." Brilliantly expressed!
Just when you think it's been a while since the last Numberphile podcast then Brady comes around the corner with an interview with Timothy Gowers which is just the type of interview partner that I wish to hear on this podcast.
I skipped this podcast when I first saw the title and thumbnail, because I have never heard of the guest before. But now that I have watched it I regret skipping this in the first place, because in a way I feel like this podcast was the most relatable to me. Some very interesting perspectives!
Ohhh my maths I just now finished reading his book A Very Short Introduction To Mathematics and now this podcast
Thx, I just read this comment and later read that book, it was really well written, and really enjoyed reading it!
I just have to say, Brady is an amazing podcaster and interviewer.
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One of the best interviews yet! good job Brady!
37:50 Q. What does research look like? How do you have an idea? [informative answer from Sir Timothy]
Also see 46:52 on doing maths (when musing on the future of AI and ML)
I enjoyed the interview very much. You talked about Timothy Gowers's family background, so here's an extra tidbit which did not find its way into the podcast. His paternal great-grandfather, Sir Ernest Gowers, was a civil servant and author of Plain Words, a classic book on clear writing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Plain_Words
Very interesting insight and conversation about research processes
Brilliant interviewer, must be said.
He is a fantastic lecturer too!
Great interview!
I hope Scholze or Lurie is next. :)
He sounds like Alan Rickman ! Great podcast Brady, keep making them :)
Considering Sir Tim Gower's blogs where they contribute ideas to solve problems, what happens to the authorship?Does the resulting paper become a paper of his since he proposed or posted his problem or it bears the names of the people who shared their ideas too?
Awesome podcast (as always)! :)
If you could bring Jacob Lurie, it would make an amazing hour.
how important is intuition for mathematicians?
a bit
Pretty important, Terry Tao said at first we depend on intuition, then go into proof land, and go back on depending on intuition.
As important as proofs, I guess.
Its a back and forth between rigour and intuition. Rigour puts a filter on your ideas and makes sure things make sense, but it doesnt always suggest to you what the nature of the problem is. If you are a gardener, you want to water and feed your plants, but also bind and limit them, so they grow where you want them to.
Shout out to the Tim Glowers, from the Tim Bowers \o/
Make a podcast with John Conway.
Both John Conways!
It's done!
@@georgiepentch It wasn't with him personally!
As a beardy, I think he should grow one. A bearded Professor is much cooler than a bearded doctor! Besides thinking about that takes my mind off all those mathematicians' drawers with proofs and solutions laying in them!
@MichaelKingsfordGray shut up
@MichaelKingsfordGray see a doctor
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Being a combinatorial-flavored analyst or analytical-flavored combinatorialist is my dream.
Loved it
random hypnotising equation all over the video.....feeling dizzy
Nothing random about it.
Yeah, it's something of a shock when they switch on you.
Yay 🥰
Bollabas Leader and Gowers are all still at trinity
Imre Leader was one of my supervisors - cracking bloke, wonderful explainer.
He is the expert not me, but I do not think that that business of automatic theorem proving would come to the fruition he described.
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