One to One Million – Numberphile
Puzzles, classroom stories and the great Carl Gauss – oh, and adding every digit in the numbers between one and one million! Featuring Dr James Grime - http://singingbanana.com/
Mathematics
Perfect Games – Numberphile
Numbers play a crucial role in most sports and games – but some have a special status. These include 147 in snooker, 9 in darts and 300 in tenpin bowling. We’re also looking at baseball, cricket, Scrabble, Yahtzee and more. Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Videos by Brady Haran
10 Mathematical Equations That Changed The World
Nuclear weapons, space travel and TV are just some the things these 10 mathematical equations have made possible.
Did Usain Bolt REALLY run 100m in 9.63 seconds?
Usain Bolt won gold in the 100m sprint at the London Olympics, clocking 9.63 seconds… but Albert Einstein has something to say about all this? Featuring Tony Padilla - http://twitter.com/DrTonyPadilla Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Videos by Brady Haran
Proof Without Words: The Circle
Prove πR² using only beads and a ruler! I first saw this proof in an article by Russell Jay Hendel, Dowling College:http://bit.ly/LQlwQw minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter – @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics — all in a minute! [...]
Borromean Olympic Rings – Numberphile
We like the Olympic Rings – but we prefer Borromean Rings. See Brady’s chemistry rings video at periodicvideos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2tkfbc18Vw This video features Professor John Hunton from the University of Leicester discussing higher linkages. Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Videos by Brady Haran
How to Count Infinity
“Some infinities are bigger than other infinities” – Hazel Grace Lancaster, in “The Fault in Our Stars,” by John Green minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter – @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics — all in a minute! Music by [...]
Batman Equation – Numberphile
The Batman Curve was a viral hit. Here we show you some of its building blocks. Here’s the old reddit post:http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/j2qjc/do_you_like_batman_do_you_like_ma… Featuring Dr James Grime. Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Videos by Brady Haran
The LONGEST time – Numberphile
A paper by Don Page claimed to use the longest finite time ever calculated by a physicist – it’s the time it will take the Universe to reset itself!?! Video featuring Tony Padilla from the University of Nottingham. Read the paper at http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9411193 Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Videos by Brady Haran
Golden Ratio – Making a Math Metal Anthem – Numberphile
Numberphile collaborates with Dave Brown and Professor Phil Moriarty to create a “math metal” or “math rock” song about Phi… Dave’s excellent YouTube channel is: http://www.youtube.com/user/wwwboyinabandcom (He did amazing work on this song for us – the least you can do is check out his other work!) Professor Phil Moriarty is a physicist (and wannabe rocker) at [...]
Infinity is bigger than you think – Numberphile
Sometimes infinity is even bigger than you think… Dr James Grime explains with a little help from Georg Cantor. Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile James Grime: http://singingbanana.com/ Videos by Brady Haran
How does math guide our ships at sea? – George Christoph
Without math, would our seafaring ancestors ever have seen the world? Great mathematical thinkers and their revolutionary discoveries have an incredible story. Explore the beginnings of logarithms through the history of navigation, adventure and new worlds. Lesson by George Christoph, animation by the Hobizals.
Why do YouTube views freeze at 301?
Numberphile pays a visit to YouTube and learns the secret behind one of the website’s famous idiosyncrasies – why view counts on new videos often freeze at 301. Subscribe to numberphile for new videos about numbers every week. Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Videos by Brady Haran
