Playlist · 70 episodes

The secret life of numbers

Vampires, narcissistic, perfect, happy, transcendental: a census of an infinite population where each inhabitant has a property — and where pi and the golden ratio play the starring roles.

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Episodes (70)

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Normal numbers: why do they hide all our messages? Premium
Jul 29, 2026 · 21 min
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Sagrada Família: the 7.5-metre pattern uncovered
Jul 13, 2026 · 6 min
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Basketball fractions: 15% improvement in eight weeks
Jun 23, 2026 · 5 min
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Vedic altars: when ritual becomes geometry Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 20 min
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Pascal: thinking about maths and faith through figures Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 16 min
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Leibniz: can we calculate the best possible world? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 12 min
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Descartes: why did his science need God?
Jun 8, 2026 · 26 min
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40, 153 and π = 3: three mathematical paths through the Bible Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 5 min
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7, 8 and 12 in the Bible: Three Numbers, Three Symbols Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 6 min
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Newton: why does absolute space lead to the divine? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 20 min
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Whitehead: why does God give mathematics its order? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 20 min
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Pascal's wager: can probability justify faith? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 21 min
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Talystro: why must you hit the exact number?
May 13, 2026 · 6 min
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abc conjecture: investigating the disputed step
May 4, 2026 · 5 min
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Busy Beaver: Investigating Uncomputable Numbers
Apr 30, 2026 · 25 min
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Ackermann-Péter: how three rules make numbers explode Premium
Apr 22, 2026 · 18 min
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The latest Mersenne prime spans more than 10,000 pages
Apr 22, 2026 · 4 min
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Google: the typo that gave the search engine its name
Apr 22, 2026 · 5 min
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From Googol to Google: Edward Kasner’s Story Premium
Apr 22, 2026 · 6 min
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Polygons on a grid: why only the square works Premium
Apr 22, 2026 · 21 min

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