This week the topic was trigonometry. We interviewed Stephanie Yardley, who’s a solar physicist. We talked about the research Stephanie does into activity on the surface of the sun, and how she uses trigonometry to analyse data from satellites and telescopes.
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Puzzle: You want to calculate the height of a tall building. You set up a device for measuring angles, on a 1m high tripod, which is 200m away from the building. The angle above horizontal, when looking at the top edge of the building, is 15 degrees. What is the height of the building in metres?
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Episode 14: Maths and Art
Episode 13: Vectors, matrices and hearing
Episode 12: Regression and traffic management
Episode 11: Programming and boolean algebra
Episode 10: Numbers, infinite and music
Episode 9: Structural engineering and coordinates
Episode 8: Packing Shapes and graphene
Episode 6: Exponential growth in Pensions
Episode 5: CERN and standard deviation
Episode 4: Nautical Radar and quadratic equations
Episode 3: Cellular automata, graph theory and brains
Episode 2: Statistical sampling in archaeology
Episode 1: Crime Scene Investigation, forensic science and Bayes' theorem
Episode 20: Calculus and fluid dynamics
Episode 19: Computer games and mechanics
Episode 18: Medical imaging and Fourier analysis
Episode 17: Nuclear reactor modelling
Episode 16: Actuarial science and normal distributions
Episode 15: Accountancy and cash management
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