Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Gresham College Lectures
Mathematics in the 20th century: Chaos, codes and colouring
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What is the Mandelbrot set? how can prime numbers protect your bank balance? and why is mathematics incomplete? More new mathematics arose in the 20th century than was known up to that time - including the long-awaited proofs of Fermat's last theorem and the four-colour theorem.