National Geographic
Solving an Ancient Tablet's Mathematical Mystery | National Geographic
A new interpretation of an ancient tablet may show that the Babylonians had mastered trigonometry, pushing back the foundation of that subject more than a millennium. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic:...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The mathematics of sidewalk illusions - Fumiko Futamura
Have you ever come across an oddly stretched image on the sidewalk, only to find that it looks remarkably realistic if you stand in exactly the right spot? These sidewalk illusions employ a technique called anamorphosis - a special case...
The Met
Overlapping Decagons on the Iranian Plateau: History of Architecture and the History of Mathematics
Carol Bier Research Associate , The Textile Museum Dan Shechtman received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2011) for discovery of a crystalline structure in which five- and ten-fold symmetries are present in a way that is "forbidden"...
Zach Star
The History of Mathematics and Its Applications
The History of Mathematics and Its Applications
Let's Tute
Origin History - Numbers
Lets know some interesting facts on the history and origin of numbers . Get answers to all the questions about numbers - History & origins of Numbers - Types of Numbers - Uses of Numbers
Curated Video
Antikythera Mechanism and Mysteries of Ancient Technology
The Antikythera mechanism, discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in 1901, is an ancient Greek device designed to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for. Recent research suggests it may have been...
Curated Video
The History of Mathematics and Its Applications
Join Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/majorprep/ Follow MajorPrep on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MajorPrep1 ►Courses Offered Through Coursera (Affiliate Links) Logic:...
TED Talks
Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history
What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The paradox at the heart of mathematics: Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem | Marcus du Sautoy
Consider the following sentence: "This statement is false." Is that true? If so, that would make the statement false. But if it's false, then the statement is true. This sentence creates an unsolvable paradox; if it's not true and it's...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How the K_nigsberg bridge problem changed mathematics - Dan Van der Vieren
You'd have a hard time finding the medieval city K_nigsberg on any modern maps, but one particular quirk in its geography has made it one of the most famous cities in mathematics. Dan Van der Vieren explains how grappling with...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A brief history of numerical systems - Alessandra King
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0. With just these ten symbols, we can write any rational number imaginable. But why these particular symbols? Why ten of them? And why do we arrange them the way we do? Alessandra King gives a brief history...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: A brief history of banned numbers - Alessandra King
They say the pen is mightier than the sword, and authorities have often agreed. From outlawed religious tracts and revolutionary manifestos to censored and burned books, we know the potential power of words to overturn the social order....
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The murder of ancient Alexandria's greatest scholar - Soraya Field Fiorio
Dive into the life of one of Ancient Rome’s most powerful figures, Hypatia of Alexandria, a renowned scholar and political advisor to the city's leaders. -- In the city of Alexandria in 415 CE, the bishop and the governor were in a...
Gresham College
Pi and e and the most beautiful theorem in mathematics
GRESHAM COLLEGE WITH THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS This years event will focus on the beauty of Mathematical Relationships. The main speaker, Professor Robin Wilson will discuss Pi and e, and the most beautiful...
Gresham College
James Clerk Maxwell: The Greatest Victorian Mathematical Physicists - Professor Raymond Flood
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was one of the most important mathematical physicists of all time, after only Newton and Einstein. Within a relatively short lifetime he made enormous contributions to science which this lecture will...
Simon Clark
A Brief History of Pi
Get 10% off Squarespace by following this link: http://squarespace.com/simonclark Check out my new website here! https://www.simonoxfphys.com/ Note that there's a huge amount about pi that I didn't cover in this video due to time - I...
60 Second Histories
Maya mathematics
This short video takes a brief look at the Ancient Maya numbering system which was based on 20 rather than 10 like ours is now.
Curated Video
The African Origin of Mathematics
Perhaps the oldest known mathematical device in the history of mankind was created in Central Africa and could potentially be the originator of Egyptian and Greek mathematics.
Curated Video
George Soros - The Living History of the Last 30 years
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 1: The Living History of the Last 30 years: Economic Theory, Politics and Policy Economic theory has modeled itself on theoretical physics. It has sought to...
Learning Mole
High Five Facts - Ancient Greek Children
This video explores five fun facts about Ancient Greek Children.
Tarver Academy
Manage or Delete Your Hangouts History TEXT HANGOUTS
In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About How To Manage or Delete Your Hangouts History TEXT HANGOUTS
Tarver Academy
How to Use Version History in Google Docs
In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About How to Use Version History in Google Docs
Tarver Academy
Access Revision History in Google Docs
In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About Accessing Revision History in Google Docs
Science360
Women History Makers Talitha Washington
Talitha Washington, Mathematician and NSF Program Director shares how math didn't come easy for her, and if not for other amazing women in her life, she might not have become the award winning mathematician she is today! Women are making...
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