An A-Class Reject (with Ed Copeland) - Numberphile Podcast

He dreamed of being a great cricketer - but his love for equations led Ed Copeland to a career in theoretical physics.
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Пікірлер: 34

  • @karloslim
    @karloslim Жыл бұрын

    Could not stop smiling listening to Ed. He's such a pleasure on the ears and a great storyteller. His students are very lucky!

  • @JC-zw9vs
    @JC-zw9vs10 ай бұрын

    You know the world is going to be ok when you hear Ed Copeland. Cheers Ed.

  • @MrOreo76
    @MrOreo76 Жыл бұрын

    The guy is proper gentleman

  • @Amprobiuss
    @Amprobiuss Жыл бұрын

    Love him soo much such a gentle soul

  • @Casowsky
    @Casowsky Жыл бұрын

    Hugee episode can't wait to get stuck into this one

  • @M1412B
    @M1412B Жыл бұрын

    Yes!! Ed Copeland!!

  • @TheRaizerx
    @TheRaizerx Жыл бұрын

    What an epic interview. Loved this so much!

  • @numberphile2

    @numberphile2

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @AmmoBoks
    @AmmoBoks Жыл бұрын

    I'm not a fan of "watching" a youtube video which has only audio. Listening to Professor Copeland is the exception though, I can never get enough of listening to him.

  • @subjectline

    @subjectline

    Жыл бұрын

    You can get it as a podcast too you know

  • @AmmoBoks

    @AmmoBoks

    Жыл бұрын

    @@subjectline Why would I want to do that? In this time and age, I want to see people talking and interacting instead of only listening.

  • @numberphile2

    @numberphile2

    Жыл бұрын

    No being constrained by video allows the audio to be edited in an optimal way, to make lots of micro-improvements - an advantage of the podcast format... And this is first and foremost part of a podcast series... Will continue making long form interviews with Ed too though - seen these? bit.ly/CopelandGoesLong

  • @AmmoBoks

    @AmmoBoks

    Жыл бұрын

    @@numberphile2 More long form interviews with Ed would be much appreciated, thank you! And yes, I've seen the other ones. 😀

  • @culwin

    @culwin

    Жыл бұрын

    Even worse are the video with obnoxious sound bars flashing constantly.

  • @beccacliff
    @beccacliff Жыл бұрын

    Yay! Finally professor Copeland!

  • @bazsnell3178
    @bazsnell3178 Жыл бұрын

    At the very end Ed said he congratulated a cricketer on the Centenary Test and the man was ''bowled over!'' Inadvertently being funny.

  • @Miguel_Noether
    @Miguel_Noether Жыл бұрын

    Imagine taking a lecture on quantum mechanics from Ed.... 😌

  • @frankharr9466
    @frankharr9466 Жыл бұрын

    That was a lot of fun. Thank you.

  • @dziban303
    @dziban303 Жыл бұрын

    Ed is amazing. Thanks for this.

  • @KipIngram
    @KipIngram8 ай бұрын

    17:57 - Oh, this is fun, but a little silly. Situations like that Oxford exam not only reflect "your real quality," but also just what you "happen to know at the time." You just didn't have the necessary knowledge to do well on the test at that time - it says very little about "you" per se.

  • @csours
    @csours9 күн бұрын

    I'm not surprised they love STRING theory at the University of KNOTTINGHAM

  • @lemonflavouredtnt6969
    @lemonflavouredtnt6969 Жыл бұрын

    You should do an interview with Professor Lenny ‘The Guv’nor’ McLean.

  • @lemonflavouredtnt6969

    @lemonflavouredtnt6969

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nickelchlorine2753 ?

  • @cameron1376
    @cameron1376 Жыл бұрын

    Lovely stuff :)++

  • @Johnpatrickbrithon6109
    @Johnpatrickbrithon6109 Жыл бұрын

    Find a positive integer k between n and 2n such that 2(k-n) is a product of two consecutive positive integers. NB: n is a positive integer

  • @rmsgrey

    @rmsgrey

    Жыл бұрын

    Can k=2n? or does it have to be n

  • @Johnpatrickbrithon6109

    @Johnpatrickbrithon6109

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rmsgrey it hav to be n2n

  • @rmsgrey

    @rmsgrey

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Johnpatrickbrithon6109 In which case it's impossible for n=1 since there are no integers between 1 and 2. For any other n, k=n+1 gives 2(k-n) = 2( n+1 -n) = 2 (1) which is the product of two consecutive positive integers as required.

  • @8forme629
    @8forme629 Жыл бұрын

    3x+1 want to chat.. numbers gabbing through..

  • @eyykendrick
    @eyykendrick Жыл бұрын

    this would have huge potential if it had a video of you guys also. what a shame :////

  • @numberphile2

    @numberphile2

    Жыл бұрын

    The podcast is made primarily as an audio format and put on KZread as a bonus. As such it is very highly edited. Like hundreds and hundreds of tiny cuts and snippets. That makes video impossible.

  • @stevenmathews7621
    @stevenmathews762111 ай бұрын

    Really should be an D-Class Reject - He almost failed at being rejected The A-Class Rejects failed spectacularly The F-Class Rejects were accepted - They failed at being rejected

  • @S....
    @S.... Жыл бұрын

    Not enough.