Numberphile

  • Premiered: Nov 2011
  • Episodes: 772
  • Followers: 2
  • Running
  • YouTube
  • at 13
  • Documentary

You need to be logged in to mark episodes as watched. Log in or sign up.

Season 2018
2018x1
River Crossings (and Alcuin Numbers)
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 05, 2018
Discussing vertex covers and Alcuin numbers for graphs - and a famous old puzzle. Filmed at MSRI with Dr Annie Raymond.
2018x2
The Square-Sum Problem
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 11, 2018
Matt Parker discusses a problem involving Square Sums. Go deeper with extra footage: https://youtu.be/7_ph5djCCnM
2018x3
Calculating a Car Crash
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 17, 2018
This video features Ben Sparks. More links below ↓↓↓
2018x4
Cannons and Sparrows
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 22, 2018
Featuring Professor Günter Ziegler, who was visiting at MSRI.
2018x5
Tree Gaps and Orchard Problems
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 26, 2018
This feature features Ben Sparks... More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓
2018x6
Superpermutations
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 29, 2018
This video features Dr James Grime.
2018x7
Catalan's Conjecture
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 14, 2018
With Dr Holly Krieger from Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge.
2018x8
Conway Checkers
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 23, 2018
Continues with the proof at: https://youtu.be/Or0uWM9bT5w
2018x9
Round Peg in a Square Hole
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 05, 2018
Featuring Tadashi Tokieda - more Tadashi videos at: http://bit.ly/tadashi_vids
2018x10
Number Sticks
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 15, 2018
Katie Steckles dazzles us with Mental Logs.
2018x11
Dealing Cards with Cryptography (with Ron Rivest)
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 22, 2018
More Ron Rivest videos: http://bit.ly/RonRivest
2018x12
Combinatorics and Higher Dimensions
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 05, 2018
Featuring Federico Ardila from San Francisco State University - filmed at MSRI.
2018x13
Neon Knots and Borromean Beer Rings
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 09, 2018
More Cliff Stoll videos: http://bit.ly/Cliff_Videos
2018x14
Is the "hot hand" real?
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 20, 2018
New research sheds light on the so-called Hot Hand Fallacy. Featuring Professor Lisa Goldberg.
2018x15
The Math (and money) of Soccer Stickers
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 26, 2018
Featuring Federico Ardila
2018x16
The Pentomino Puzzle (and Tetris)
Episode overview
Air date
May 03, 2018
Featuring Alex Bellos on Polyominoes. See the accompanying coin hexagon video: https://youtu.be/_pP_C7HEy3g
2018x17
The Coin Hexagon
Episode overview
Air date
May 03, 2018
Featuring Alex Bellos. See the accompanying Dudeney Pentominoes video: https://youtu.be/wZ1E_CM7MqA
2018x18
The Golden Ratio (why it is so irrational)
Episode overview
Air date
May 08, 2018
Featuring Ben Sparks
2018x19
The Silver Ratio
Episode overview
Air date
May 11, 2018
The silver ratio (and other metals) with Tony Padilla.
2018x20
The Problem with 7825
Episode overview
Air date
May 17, 2018
More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓
2018x51
The Problem with 7825
Episode overview
Air date
May 17, 2018
James Grime on a proof involving Pythagorean Triples.
2018x21
g-conjecture
Episode overview
Air date
May 21, 2018
Discussing h-vectors and the g-conjecture. Featuring June Huh from the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University.
2018x22
Weber's Law
Episode overview
Air date
May 25, 2018
This episode has no summary.
2018x23
The Slightly Spooky Recamán Sequence
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 14, 2018
This episode has no summary.
2018x24
Floating Balls and Lift
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 21, 2018
Tadashi discusses pressure and lift... with a toy of course!
2018x25
The Six Triperfect Numbers
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 29, 2018
This video features Dr James Grime - http://singingbanana.com
2018x26
How to make a Klein Bottle from an old pair of jeans
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 04, 2018
More Klein bottle videos: http://bit.ly/KleinBottles
2018x27
The Cross Ratio
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 06, 2018
One of the most famous free kicks ever taken - but how far from the goal was Brazil's Roberto Carlos?
2018x28
21-card trick
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 11, 2018
A simple trick with some neat math behind it. More on Numberphile cards at: http://www.bradyharanblog.com/numberphile-playing-cards
2018x29
Earthquakes, Circles and Spheres
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 24, 2018
Tadashi is back with a discussion of how we know where earthquakes occur. A second video is at: https://youtu.be/lubGnk0UZt0
2018x30
Balls and Cones
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 24, 2018
This is a (stand-alone) continuation of the previous video at: https://youtu.be/2vnqSwWAn34
2018x31
357686312646216567629137
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 27, 2018
Truncatable Primes with Dr James Grime... Dr James Grime is available for public talks. See his website: http://singingbanana.com
2018x32
Chinese Remainder Theorem and Cards
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 08, 2018
Numberphile Playing Cards: http://bit.ly/NumberphileCards
2018x33
5-Sided Square
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 13, 2018
This episode has no summary.
2018x33
Antipodal Points
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 22, 2018
Featuring Simon Pampena... Simon Pampena discusses antipodal points on tennis balls.
2018x34
Does Hollywood ruin books?
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 28, 2018
Extra interview footage with Hannah in the recording booth: https://youtu.be/Ci7VJNao5dU
2018x35
The Dollar Game
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 31, 2018
Featuring Holly Krieger... With Dr Holly Krieger from Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge.
2018x36
Golden Ratio BURN (Internet Beef)
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 06, 2018
Seriously? Matt Parker is talking about Fibonacci and Lucas numbers again. Part 2: https://youtu.be/z1THaBtc5RE
2018x37
Floating Bodies
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 11, 2018
Featuring Professor Elisabeth Werner. Part 2 is on our Numberphile2 channel: https://youtu.be/HXqzs5Q0G0A
2018x38
Every Number is the Sum of Three Palindromes
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 17, 2018
Featuring James Grime... More James Grime videos on Numberphile: http://bit.ly/grimevideos
2018x39
The Best Way to Pack Spheres
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 24, 2018
Featuring James Grime... Sphere trilogy: http://bit.ly/Sphere_Trilogy
2018x40
Kissing Numbers
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 10, 2018
Featuring James Grime... Sphere trilogy: http://bit.ly/Sphere_Trilogy
2018x41
Spheres and Code Words
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 28, 2018
Featuring James Grime... Sphere trilogy: http://bit.ly/Sphere_Trilogy
2018x42
The Most Evil Number
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 31, 2018
Belphegor's Prime... Don't miss the extra footage on Numberphile2: https://youtu.be/9CcI5M1LfRs
2018x43
Primes on the Moon (Lunar Arithmetic)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 07, 2018
Featuring Neil Sloane from the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS). Lunar Arithmetic (aka Dismal Arithmetic)
2018x44
A Strange Map Projection (Euler Spiral)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 13, 2018
Featuring Hannah Fry.... Check out Brilliant (and get 20% off their premium service): https://brilliant.org/numberphile (sponsor)
2018x45
Squaring Primes
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 20, 2018
Matt Parker is squaring primes.
2018x52 Season finale
Squaring Primes
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 20, 2018
Matt Parker is squaring primes.
2018x46
What Number Comes Next?
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 26, 2018
Maybe pause the video and see if you can figure these out?
2018x47
The Centrifuge Problem
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 03, 2018
More videos with Dr Holly Krieger: http://bit.ly/HollyKrieger
2018x48
Terrific Toothpick Patterns
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 10, 2018
Fun with toothpicks. Featuring Neil Sloane.
2018x49
Introducing the Numberphile Podcast
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 16, 2018
Search for Numberphile on your podcast player.
2018x50
Randomness is Random
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 18, 2018
Featuring Simon Pampena... More coin-related videos: http://bit.ly/coins_videos

If there are missing episodes or banners (and they exist on TheTVDB) you can request an automatic full show update:

Request show update

If you like this show, you may also enjoy: