Numberphile

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This is Numberphile. We mainly post videos about mathematics and just numbers in general.

All in History

Shakespeare and Numbers

Feb 5

Feb 5 Shakespeare and Numbers

Rob Eastaway, History

Mersenne Prime Origin Story

Jan 26

Jan 26 Mersenne Prime Origin Story

Prime Numbers, Perfect Numbers, History, Royal Society

The Change from Roman Numerals

Nov 7

Nov 7 The Change from Roman Numerals

Rob Eastaway, History

The Clever Way to Count Tanks

Jul 31

Jul 31 The Clever Way to Count Tanks

James Grime, History, Probability

Jul 4

Jul 4 The Big X

Rob Eastaway, History

Cuneiform Numbers

Mar 15

Mar 15 Cuneiform Numbers

Alex Bellos, Number Systems, History

Inca Knot Numbers

Dec 10

Dec 10 Inca Knot Numbers

Alex Bellos, Number Systems, Knots, History

The Forgotten Number System

Nov 6

Nov 6 The Forgotten Number System

Alex Bellos, Number Systems, History

Don Bradman's Duck

Dec 7

Dec 7 Don Bradman's Duck

Aug 1

Aug 1 Aaron Numbers

Sport, Carl Pomerance, History

The iPhone of Slide Rules

Jan 6

Jan 6 The iPhone of Slide Rules

Alex Bellos, Tools, History

A Mysterious Math Doodle

Jul 10

Jul 10 A Mysterious Math Doodle

Keith Moore, History, Royal Society

Fermat's Last Theorem

Sep 24

Sep 24 Fermat's Last Theorem

Simon Singh, Fermat, History

How Pi was nearly changed to 3.2

Mar 12

Mar 12 How Pi was nearly changed to 3.2

James Grime, Pi, History

One to One Million

Aug 16

Aug 16 One to One Million

James Grime, History