The Numberphile Podcast

Making Math Videos in Ukraine - with Sashko Olenchenko

The Numberphile Podcast

Show Notes

Sashko Olenchenko is doing a masters in mathematical physics with a sideline making videos on YouTube - occasionally interrupted by drone attacks from Russia.

Here is his YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@aremathukr

And you can support his work on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Aremath

The YouTube version of this podcast has captions available - https://youtu.be/Nd813Dg93Bs

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street

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I met with Sasko at the ‘From research to outreach’ conference in Les Diablerets, Switzerland - https://outreach.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en

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