Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards offers ambitious content for viewers that are eager to attain a greater understanding of the world around them. Math is pervasive - a robust yet precise language - and with each episode you’ll begin to see the math that underpins everything in this puzzling, yet fascinating, universe.
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Season
Episode
9:12
Infinite Series
The Assassin Puzzle
Can you save the target from his assassin in a square room with bouncy walls?
Season 2
Episode 19
Episode
9:32
Infinite Series
Instant Insanity Puzzle
Can you stack four colored cubes so that each color only shows once on each side?
Season 2
Episode 18
Episode
10:31
Infinite Series
Defining Infinity
Set theory is the foundation of all of mathematics. How does it handle infinity?
Season 2
Episode 17
Episode
9:36
Infinite Series
Unraveling DNA with Rational Tangles
When you think about math, what do you think of knots? Probably... knot.
Season 2
Episode 16
Episode
13:02
Infinite Series
How Big are All Infinities Combined? (Cantor's Paradox)
Infinities come in different sizes. So what's the right way to describe the sum?
Season 2
Episode 15
Episode
10:21
Infinite Series
The Geometry of SET
In SET, what is the maximum number of cards you can deal that might not contain a SET?
Season 2
Episode 14
Episode
10:50
Infinite Series
What was Fermat’s “Marvelous" Proof?
If Fermat had a little more room in his margin, what proof would he have written there?
Season 2
Episode 13
Episode
10:07
Infinite Series
What are Numbers Made of?
In the physical world, objects are made of simpler parts. What are numbers made of?
Season 2
Episode 12
Episode
9:35
Infinite Series
What Does It Mean to Be a Number? (The Peano Axioms)
Could you explain numbers to someone without using the notion of a number?
Season 2
Episode 11
Episode
7:17
Infinite Series
Telling Time on a Torus
What shape do you most associate with a standard analog clock? Circle or... torus?
Season 2
Episode 10
