Name: Galois.mp3 by MarcusduSautoy in Maths
Duration: 13 min 43 s
Description: The story of my favourite mathematician, Evariste Galois, an angry, young genius who created the language for symmetry before he died in a duel, aged 20. He is the hero of my book Finding Moonshine (UK)/ Symmetry (US).

Maths

The man who calculated as other men breathe. Professor Marcus du Sautoy on the mathematical omnivore without whom no history of mathematics is complete.

Euler.mp3

Professor Marcus du Sautoy describes the life and mathematics of this Napoleonic soldier, with contributions from musician Brian Eno who loves Fourier's analysis and uses it to create sounds that have never been heard before.

Fourier.mp3

The story of my favourite mathematician, Evariste Galois, an angry, young genius who created the language for symmetry before he died in a duel, aged 20. He is the hero of my book Finding Moonshine (UK)/ Symmetry (US).

Galois.mp3

The 19th century mathematical celebrity Carl Friedrich Gauss. Professor Marcus du Sautoy describes how a study of asteroids led Gauss to describe the normal distribution. With contributions from Chairman for the Commission for Racial Equality Trevor Phillips, who believes statistics are the most powerful weapon we have for fighting prejudice.

Gauss.mp3

Radio gives you the chance to see in four dimensions! Professor Marcus du Sautoy on the pioneers who pushed mathematics into new dimensions and the strange new geometries they created. Emeritus Professor Roger Penrose confirms that even Einstein sometimes struggled with his maths.