number theory

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Concepts in number theory

Examines planetary orbits, circadian rhythms, time dilation, intergalactic wormholes, and other phenomena that quantify time, and discusses how the Maya relied on math, and rational numbers in the context of physics.

Fly a jumbo jet

2014
Discover how the math you learn at school is used to fly a jumbo jet.

Extreme sports

2014
Discover how the math you learn at school is used when trying extreme sports.

Mathematical ciphers

from Caesar to RSA
2006

Win a Grand Prix

2014
Discover how the math you learn at school is used to win a Grand Prix.

Solve a crime

2014
Discover how the math you learn at school is used to solve crimes.

Be a stuntman

2014
Discover how the math you learn at school is used to plan and carry out a daring movie stunt.

Stalking the Riemann hypothesis

the quest to find the hidden law of prime numbers
2005
Chronicles mathematicians' efforts to prove the Riemann hypothesis, using examples and theories from various scholars to attempt to prove, and disprove, the occurrence of prime numbers.

Zero

2014
Zero traces how zero grew from a harmless placeholder to an idea that shook the intellectual and religious life of the European and Islamic worlds, and changed not only how humanity worked with numbers, but how we came to view the universe.

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