S2, Ep4 The Magic of Numbers

2020-11-17

Have you wondered if zero is actually a number? Or if infinity is a number or a concept? What is an imaginary number? And how do numbers explain the shape of the ancient pyramids?Why is the number 60 so interesting?Just how large is the number Googol, the number that gives a certain search engine its name?And how does maths make our world more beautiful?Listen, and discover. This podcast is read by Luke Irwin with sound editing by Max Watson. The script was written by Tomáš Klička and Nicola Kličk...

Have you wondered if zero is actually a number?
Or if infinity is a number or a concept?
What is an imaginary number?
And how do numbers explain the shape of the ancient pyramids?
Why is the number 60 so interesting?
Just how large is the number Googol, the number that gives a certain search engine its name?
And how does maths make our world more beautiful?
Listen, and discover.

This podcast is read by Luke Irwin with sound editing by Max Watson. The script was written by Tomáš Klička and Nicola Kličková, and produced by Camilla Akers-Douglas and Henrietta McMicking. Our theme music is by James Burrell

To contact us, email camilla@wonderaudio.co.uk or henrietta@wonderaudio.co.uk

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