Jon Ward

In this episode I chat to Jon about the mathematics of traffic jams, the art of estimation, and how abstract ideas about symmetry can be used to describe our everyday lives.

Today I'll chat to Robert Barham about what it's like to do mathematics education research, what we can tell about shapes from their symmetries, and why he finds logic both beautiful and funny.

In this episode I talk to Mike about his research into the maths behind soft condensed matter physics, why maths sometimes feels like poetry, and he also tells me about the transferable skills from showbusiness to lecturing.

In this episode I talk to Kasia about why she became a research mathematician, the benefits of eating chocolate and going on hikes for doing mathematics, and how spheres behave in higher dimensions.I can be found on bluesky: @hopeiona.bsky.social

In this episode I talk to Richard about life as a lecturer, writing maths books, his favourite huge numbers, and ask for music recommendations to accompany doing maths.Richard's book can be found here: https://richardelwes.co.uk/huge-numbers/I can be found on bluesky: @hopeiona.bsky.social

Hear from staff and PhD students at the University of Leeds about their life as Mathematicians. New episodes will be released every week!