Interviews with people who love numbers and mathematics. Hosted by Brady Haran, maker of the Numberphile series on YouTube.
The Hyper-Curious Billionaire - Jim Simons (1938-2024)
This podcast marks the passing of James Harris Simons, better-known as Jim.
The interviewees are John Ewing, David Eisenbud and Andrew Millis.
The Simons Foundation - https://www.simonsfoundation.org
Simons Foundation article about Jim’s life - https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2024/05/10/remembering-the-life-and-careers-of-jim-simons/
Brady’s interview with Jim for Numberphile (full hour-log version) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNznD9hMEh0
Shorter 18-minute version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjVDqfUhXOY
Math For America - https://www.mathforamerica.org
The Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath, formerly MSRI) - https://www.slmath.org
The Flatiron Institute - https://www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron/
The Chern-Simons form - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chern%E2%80%93Simons_form
The Archimedes (Jim’s yacht) - https://www.feadship.nl/fleet/archimedes1
Numberphile has been supported by The Simons Foundation (via SLMath) for many years. We are yet another of Jim’s legacies.
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