Algorithms

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Many of us are familiar with wellbeing, but have you heard about flourishing?Find a full transcript, worksheet and interactive quiz for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2025/ep-250807SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://w ... Show More

Every day, we humans do math. Whether we are obsessed with a logic puzzle on our smartphones or even just calculating a morning alarm that gives you 8 more minutes in bed, our daily lives are full of numbers, quantities, shapes and patterns. And for Francis Su—a writer and Profes ... Show More

Math 

In this episode, Robert and Julie take a sweeping look at math, addressing several important questions. For example: What is math? Where does math come from? What mathematical skills are we born with and how much can we understand? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www. ... Show More

In today's super serious episode (kidding), I'm talking all about "girl math"... AKA the silly little equations that we girls tend to use to justify just about anything. 

What’s the point of learning math? Why is it so important that kids are exposed to mathematical thinking? And what do parents and teachers need to know about learning real math? Keep on listening to find out! Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2mINl8z 

In this episode, we are learning numbers and discussing the ways to make it easier to memorize them. 

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Sara Pascoe and the very numerate Prof Hannah Fry, maths comedian Matt Parker and statistician Prof David Spiegelhalter for a unique maths class. Are some of us just innately bad at maths or can everyone get to grips with algebra an ... Show More

Today's question for the Kwik Brain community is: how do you overcome math anxiety to the point that you can improve your finances? You might know Danica from her role as Winnie Cooper in Wonder Years, but what you might not know is that in addition to her lifelong acting career, ... Show More

🎙️ Aujourd'hui, les algorithmes sont partout. Tellement partout qu’on met le terme à toutes les sauces. Mais c’est quoi, véritablement, un algorithme ? Qu’est-ce qu’il fait ? Et qu’est-ce qu’il ne fait pas ? J'ai posé la question à.... une IA ! #maths #vulgarisation #algorithme ... Show More