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• 9:45

  Infinity Paradoxes - Numberphile

  • 20 hours ago
  • 79,279 views

  Infinity can throw up some interesting paradoxes, from filling Hilbert's Hotel to painting Gabriel's Trumpet... Mark Jago is a philosophy lecturer with a background in computer science.
  
  The money game is known as St. Petersburg Paradox - it is quite famous!
  
  Extra interview footage from this video: http://youtu.be/488L3bV7ny4
  Counting infinities: http://youtu.be/elvOZm0d4H0
  Dividing by zero: http://youtu.be/BRRolKTlF6Q
  
  More on Mark Jago: http://bit.ly/MarkJago
  
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  Videos by Brady Haran
  
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• 9:50

  41 and more Ulam's Spiral - Numberphile

  • 5 days ago
  • 82,086 views

  More on prime numbers and Ulam's Spiral - this time focusing on 41 and Arthur C. Clarke.
  
  This video features Dr James Clewett. More Clewett videos at: http://bit.ly/JamesClewett
  
  See our other Ulam Spiral video at: http://youtu.be/iFuR97YcSLM
  And more to come soon...
  
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  Videos by Brady Haran
  A run-down of Brady's channels: http://bit.ly/bradychannels
  
  The book discussed is The Garden of Rama.

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• 9:06

  Prime Spirals - Numberphile

  • 6 days ago
  • 109,963 views

  Prime numbers, Ulam Spirals and other cool numbery stuff with Dr James Grime.
  James Clewett on spirals at: http://youtu.be/3K-12i0jclM
  
  And more to come soon...
  
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  Videos by Brady Haran
  
  A run-down of Brady's channels: http://bit.ly/bradychannels
  
  * subscribing to numberphile does not really change your physical appearance!
  
  And "golden line" in this context was made up by Brady!

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• 11:10

  One minus one plus one minus one - Numberphile

  • 2 weeks ago
  • 391,238 views

  Discussing the brain-bending Grandi's Series and Thomson's Lamp - featuring Dr James Grime.
  A little bit of extra footage from the very end of this interview at: http://youtu.be/TgGi1ls1X-0 (on Brady's own channel)
  
  See our Zeno's Paradox video at http://youtu.be/u7Z9UnWOJNY
  
  Check computerphile at http://www.youtube.com/computerphile
  
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  Videos by Brady Haran
  
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• 6:56

  Cicada 17 - Numberphile

  • 3 weeks ago
  • 107,036 views

  Why do cicadas emerge every 17 years - featuring Steve Mould.
  Steve is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MouldS
  
  See Steve talkabout Benford's Law at: http://youtu.be/XXjlR2OK1kM
  And discuss Pi at: http://youtu.be/ZPv1UV0rD8U
  
  The golden ratio video will be coming soon. Keep an eye on Numberphile.
  
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  Videos by Brady Haran
  
  A run-down of Brady's channels:
  http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/here-are-my-...

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• 6:43

  Is it Math or Maths? - Numberphile

  • 3 weeks ago
  • 143,331 views

  An emotional subject for some - we ask a linguist about Math (US-style) and Maths (British-style).
  
  More US-UK number conflict soon, including the mentioned CGP Grey interview - subscribe to Numberphile to ensure you see it: http://bit.ly/13O3ZTL
  
  Dr Lynne Murphy writes a linguists blog in which she has dealt with Math vs Maths - visit her blog at: http://bit.ly/18ZBCpj
  
  Fire up the UK-US rivalry by checking our video about miilions, billions, trillions: http://youtu.be/C-52AI_ojyQ
  
  Aluminium and Aluminum: http://youtu.be/0F_ztEv_v1Y
  
  Should be facsimile but you get the point - Brady's bad!
  
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  Videos by Brady Haran
  
  A run-down of Brady's channels:
  http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/here-are-my-...

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