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Two University of Toronto students in the math and physics program discuss interesting topics in the field.

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Canada

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Two University of Toronto students in the math and physics program discuss interesting topics in the field.

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English

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Episodes
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Episode #119 - Diffuse Your Mind w/ Alexandre Adam

4/5/2024
Today I speak with Alex, a PhD student in my research group at the University of Montreal, about his research. Enjoy the episode! Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:01:46:53

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Episode #118 - Programming a Functional World w/ Max Sklar

3/25/2024
Today's guest is Max Sklar, an expert in computer science and information systems, as well as the host of The Local Maximum podcast (https://www.localmaxradio.com/). We highly recommend checking out his show!

Duration:01:51:08

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Episode #117 - Generation, Flows and Networks w/ Dr. Emmanuel Bengio

1/7/2024
*** In the intro I say graph flow networks instead of generative flow networks by accident *** Today's guest is Dr. Emmanuel Bengio. Enjoy this conversation about his research, including the topic of generative flow networks (GFlowNets). Books Referenced: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny by William Strauss and Neil Howe The Culture series by Iain Banks

Duration:01:55:46

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Episode #116 - AI is Un-bending Space-Time w/ Dr. Yashar Hezaveh

10/28/2023
Today I talk with Dr. Yashar Hezaveh about consciousness, artificial intelligence, perception and gravitational lensing. --Brilliant-- To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership. -- Social -- Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:02:04:56

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Episode #115 - Of Fields and Tensions w/ Dr. Michael Miller

10/23/2023
Today we talk again with Dr. Michael Miller from the University of Toronto, who is a philospher within the field of physics. Enjoy the conversation! *** The weird audio noise in the background ends at 10:40*** --Brilliant-- To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership. -- Books Mentioned -- What is real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics by Adam Becker QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard Feynman The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn -- Social -- Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:02:15:47

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Episode #114 - Age of The Universe: Double or Nothing w/ Dr. Rajendra Gupta

10/17/2023
Today we talk again with Dr. Rajendra Gupta from the University of Ottawa, who has made some interesting discoveries using JWST data. Enjoy the episode. --Brilliant-- To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership. -- Links -- Dr Gupta's paper: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/524/3/3385/7221343?login=false Dr Gupta's email: rgupta4@uottawa.ca -- Social -- Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:01:43:57

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Episode #113 - Picture This! w/ Dr. Don Figer

10/7/2023
Today we talk with Dr. Don Figer about his work in the field of astrophysics and detector technology. Enjoy. Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:02:15:13

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Episode #112 - I Apologize to All of Statistics

9/24/2023
Today I talk about my recent dive into the world of statistics and the reasons why you should enjoy it as well. Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:00:24:11

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Episode #111 - Adapting Your Optics w/ Jacob Taylor

9/4/2023
Today I talk with Jacob Taylor, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, about his career in the field of adaptive optics. Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:02:06:22

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Podcast Update

8/19/2023
Here is an update.

Duration:00:16:31

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Episode #110 - Groups... Theoretically w/ Dr Zack Wolske

2/8/2023
Today we talk again with Dr Zack Wolske about the amazingly abstract topic of Group Theory. Come along for the ride. To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership. Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:01:38:38

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Episode #109 - Just Talking About: Adaptive Optics and CFD

1/25/2023
Today we talk about our current research projects in computational physics and astrophysics. We discuss some important details about Runge-Kutta methods and the nitty gritty of AO. To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership. Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:01:16:26

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Episode #108 - Self Taught Genius w/ George Hrabovsky

10/25/2022
Today we talk with George Hrabovsky about his career as an incredible amateur scientist. Enjoy this great episode! To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership. MAST: www.madscitech.org Signup: https://www.meetup.com/midwest-area-science-and-technology-mast/ Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:01:46:22

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Episode #107 - Searching in the Summer

9/19/2022
Check out MEL Science and their boxes for 50% off your first MEL Science box: https://melscience.com/sBKx/ PROMO CODE: MP50 Today we talk about both of our summer research experiences in the astrophysics and physics departments. We have spent our entire summers working on a few projects and now we get to tell you all about them. Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:01:19:11

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Episode #106 - History of Physics | Faraday & Tesla

7/29/2022
Check out MEL Science and their boxes for 60% off your first MEL Science box: https://melscience.com/sBIf/ PROMO CODE: "MP60" We are back today with another amazing episode of the history of physics, looking over some of the great discoveries and inventions made by the great physicists, Michael Faraday and Nikola Tesla. Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:01:18:27

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Episode #105 - LOOK! Stuff?

7/14/2022
Today we talk about the study of the particles that make up our world. How did particle physics begin? And how exactly did we get to where we are today? Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:01:17:42

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Episode #104 - Our Sun

6/23/2022
Today we talk about the gigantic ball of stuff that we're floating around. The Sun is easily the most prominent feature in our sky; landing itself as the most important symbol in ancient astronomy. To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership. Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:00:57:03

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Episode #103 - Transport Me to the Wave Equation

5/20/2022
Today we talk about two important equations studied in partial differential equations (PDEs). The intuition that we've cultivated over the past semester has proven to be quite useful when visualizing solutions. Enjoy the episode :) Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:00:59:13

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Episode #102 - The Mystifying World of Magnetism

4/29/2022
Today we talk about all the beautiful things we have learned about magnetism. From symmetries to analogies, there are always beautiful things to learn about magnetic fields. Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:01:15:16

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Episode #101 - The Search for Planets

3/23/2022
Today we discuss how we detected planets orbiting extrasolar stars in the galaxy. Enjoy the episode :) To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership. Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Duration:00:53:02