The Hyper-Curious Billionaire - Jim Simons (1938-2024)

The Numberphile Podcast

• Episode: The Hyper-Curious Billionaire - Jim Simons (1938-2024)
• Website: The Numberphile Podcast
• Feed URL: https://www.numberphile.com/podcast?format=rss
• Duration: 00:37:50
• Published: 2024-06-06 17:14

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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Numberphile Podcast by Brady Haran