YouTube description: The Galton Board is a 7.5” by 4.5” desktop probability machine. This device brings to life the statistical concept of normal distribution. As you rotate the Galton Board... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 810 views • 3:23

A bit about the math behind OK Go's epic video The One Moment and how they did it. It's all a giant math problem. :)

posted by Zawash 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 800 views • 4:34

YouTube description: With Dr Holly Krieger from Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. More Numberphile videos with Dr Krieger: http://bit.ly/HollyKrieger Her Twitter: https://twitter.com/hollykrieger ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 243 views

Abbott & Costello 7 x 13 = 28 PlayhousePals' "Alternative Math" video reminded me of this routine.

posted by BSR 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,022 views • 4:07

Dr Hannah Fry discusses Secret Santa, anonymity and derangements. And a better way to do it.

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 30 views

The Death Star is no moon, but it’s close to the size of one, so does this mean it needs its own gravity?

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 99 views • 8:45

YouTube description: Can you unknot a twist of fate with logic? Vox's Phil Edwards asked mathematician Joseph Mazur about his book, Fluke, and one of its most incredible stories. Find a link to the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 156 views • 6:14

Your favorite band is great at playing music...but not so great at being organized. They keep misplacing their instruments on tour, and it’s driving their manager mad. Can you solve the brain-numbing... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 5 months 1 week ago • 224 views • 4:53

Chris McKinlay was just like thousands of other graduate students. He spent most of his nights chiseling away at his PhD thesis—an arcane treatise on large-scale data processing with supercomputers—living... continue reading

posted by eric3579 8 years 10 months ago • 761 views • 3:57

From YT: A wide-ranging interview with the legendary mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson in which he discusses his work with Richard Feynman, his attempts to build a spaceship propelled by nuclear bombs... continue reading

posted by rbar 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 475 views • 5:19

This year, Pi Day is round. A rallying cry against those who would praise appearance over substance. Source YouTube

posted by cricket 8 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 176 views • 3:55

120 years old. Not bad.

posted by nock 9 years 2 weeks ago • 304 views • 8:33

Using a metal plate, a violin bow, and couscous to illustrate resonance patterns.

posted by newtboy 9 years 1 week ago • 915 views • 3:51

YouTube Description: Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 850 views • 23:08

YouTube Description: This video features Dr Holly Krieger. Extra footage from this interview: https://youtu.be/r8Ksuc7T-VQ More videos with Holly Krieger: http://bit.ly/HollyKrieger Numberphile... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 604 views • 7:56

"Pianos can't be perfectly tuned - it's a mathematical fact!" -YT

posted by messenger 9 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 566 views • 4:20

Numberphile covers the best and worst ways to shuffle a deck of cards to get what qualifies as random. One common way about 7 times, another common one about 10,000 times. Also covers what it means to... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 9 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 749 views • 9:22