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A Secret Code in Credit Card Numbers
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The Mathematical Code Hidden In Nature
How do zebras get their stripes? How do leopards get their spots? And how do giraffes get their giraffe-shaped thingies, whatever they are called? Would you believe the answer is… math? This is the story of a WWII wartime codebreaker and...
Gresham College
The maths behind ISBN numbers: Breaking the codes in our everyday lives - John D Barrow
What is the mathematical secret behind the barcodes we find on our books? How does it self-check for mistakes? In this extract from his lecture on 'Codebreaking in Everyday Life', John D. Barrow, Gresham Professor of Geometry and...
Gresham College
The Secret behind the Codes we find in everyday life - John D. Barrow Gresham College Maths lecture
We meet mathematical codes at every part of our everyday lives - in our mobile phones, on the sides of books, on our credit cards, in barcodes - but what is the maths that underlies all of these? In this extract from his lecture on...
TED Talks
Craig Costello: In the war for information, will quantum computers defeat cryptographers?
In this glimpse into our technological future, cryptographer Craig Costello discusses the world-altering potential of quantum computers, which could shatter the limits set by today's machines -- and give code breakers a master key to the...
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Painting With Numbers: Safety in Numbers
Marcus du Sautoy delves into the fascinating world of mathematical codes and shows us how modern technology relies on them to let us communicate quickly, effectively and safely. In this programme, Marcus explains how everything from the...
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Oscilloscope Music - (Drawing with Sound) - Smarter Every Day 224
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Pbs Learning Media: Creating a Code
Watch as the Cybersquad develops their own secret communication in order to fool Hacker. Questions for discussion are provided for use in the classroom. [2:47]