Ian Stewart
Jim Al-Khalili discusses sci-fi and popularising maths with Prof Ian Stewart.
The Life Scientific · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Ian Stewart, Professor of Maths at Warwick University, has had a dual career as a research mathematician and as a populariser. He wrote his first book for a general audience - on chaos theory - over thirty years. He's also the author of short stories and novels of science fiction, and of the Science of Discworld series.
Ian Stewart talks to Jim al-Khalili about his life, including his research into applying mathematics to problems of biology and how he communicates the ideas of number and maths to the general public.