Khan Academy videos: Instructive or destructive?
Over the last few weeks I’ve been thinking about producing more videos. I’ve certainly fallen behind my planned schedule of producing them – too many other tasks get in the way! Anyhow, I have to...
View ArticleMathematics of History
I teach a course on the History of Mathematics but today’s post concerns a TED talk on the Mathematics of History. This very short talk by Jean-Baptiste Michel serves as a follow up to the one given...
View ArticleWilliam Noel at TED on the Archimedes Codex
Regular readers will know that I’m interested in the history of mathematics and am a fan of Archimedes. Well, here’s another video on the Archimedes Codex, this time by William Noel at TED rather than...
View ArticleThe origin of x in maths
I’m still wrestling with the fallout from marking exams. Despite this, I found time to watch a short TED video posted recently that features Terry Moore explaining why x is used as an unknown in...
View ArticleHannah Fry: Is life really that complex?
Hannah Fry (from http://hannahfry.co.uk/2012/07/09/tedxucl/) Mathematics talks at TED are rather rare so I was keen to link a recent talk from TEDxUCl by Hannah Fry which was about the applications of...
View ArticleThe number of spots in a deck is 365?
Marco Tempest Today’s TED video is an augmented reality card trick by Marco Tempest. Now, I’m a fan of card tricks but this was a bit too cutesy for me. However, I draw your attention to his computer’s...
View ArticleMaths Jam plug and Zeno’s Paradox (not together!)
First a plug for the next Maths Jam in Leeds: It will be on Tuesday 23rd at 7pm in the White Swan (it’s pretty much next to the City Varieties). I’ll be there (I know that if don’t publicly commit to...
View ArticleHilbert Hotel Video
Belated Happy New Year! Here’s another of those short educational TED videos. This time on the Hilbert Hotel. (A cartoon Hilbert does seem to make an appearance but it is hard to tell as he isn’t...
View ArticleMathematics of Love
Heart from www.mathematische-basteleien.de/heart.htm Today is St. Valentine’s Day, the day in much of Western culture arbitrarily designated to be the day for love. So let’s see what mathematics has to...
View ArticleEduardo Sáenz de Cabezón – Math is Forever
It has been a while since I posted a TED talk. There haven’t been many good ones in recent years. I enjoyed the one below (though I think he could have made clear that men respond the same way as women...
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