Podcast for curious kids
Maths is Not Boring
The patterns behind everything, once you know how to look.
One great mathematical idea an episode - numbers that never end, shapes with only one side, the strange rules of chance, the patterns hiding in a snowflake. Nobody does sums here. Maths is not just a list of rules to learn; it is one of the most beautiful ways anyone has found of seeing the world.
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What is an algorithm?
Did you know the very first computer program was written in 1843, before computers or even lightbulbs were invented?! Join Mira and Finn on an amazing time-travel adventure back to Victorian London to discover the magic of algorithms! An algorithm is just a…
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Recent episodes
How did they invent the metre? 10:47 
What is base sixty? 10:05 
What is the Collatz conjecture? 9:47 
What is Zeno's paradox? 12:29 
What was the first times table? 11:40 
Platonic Solids for Kids: Why There Are Only Five Perfect Dice 9:51 
Averages for Kids: Why No One Is Average in Every Way 10:14 
Binary for Kids: How Computers Count With Only 1s and 0s 11:36 
Triangles for Kids: Why the Strongest Shape Has Three Sides 11:31 
Googol for Kids: What a Googol Is and Who Named It 13:11 
Fractions for Kids: How the Ancient Egyptians Shared Bread 13:08 
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