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Numberphile
Numberphile is an educational YouTube channel featuring videos that explore topics from a variety of fields of mathematics.[2][3] In the early days of the channel, each video focused on a specific number, but the channel has since expanded its scope, featuring videos on more advanced mathematical concepts such as Fermat's Last Theorem, the Riemann hypothesis[4] and Kruskal's tree theorem.[5] The videos are produced by Brady Haran, a former BBC video journalist and creator of Periodic Videos, Sixty Symbols, and several other YouTube channels.[6] Videos on the channel feature several university professors, maths communicators and famous mathematicians.[7][8]
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| Created by | Brady Haran | |||||||||
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| Years active | 15 September 2011 – present | |||||||||
| Genre | Educational entertainment | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 4.28 million (Numberphile) 245 thousand (Numberphile2)[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 672 million (Numberphile) 18.3 million (Numberphile2)[1] | |||||||||
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| Website | www | |||||||||
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Last updated: 10 May 2023 | ||||||||||
In 2018, Haran released a spin-off audio podcast titled The Numberphile Podcast.[9]
YouTube channel
The Numberphile YouTube channel was started on 15 September 2011. Most videos consist of Haran interviewing an expert on a number, mathematical theorem or other mathematical concept.[10] The expert usually draws out their explanation on a large piece of brown paper and attempts to make the concepts understandable to the average, non-mathematician viewer.[11] It is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) and Math for America.[12][13] Haran also runs the "Numberphile2" channel, which includes extra footage and further detail than the main channel.[14]
Reception
Numberphile consistently rates among the top YouTube channels in math and education.[15][16][17][18][19] The channel was nominated for a Shorty Award in Education in 2016.[20] The New York Times said that, "at Numberphile, mathematicians discourse, enthusiastically and winningly, on numbers", and The Independent described the channel as "insanely popular".[21][22] New Scientist listed Numberphile as one of the top ten science channels on YouTube in 2019.[23]
Contributors
The Numberphile channel has hosted a wide array of mathematicians, computer scientists, scientists and science writers, including:[24]
- Federico Ardila[25]
- Johnny Ball[26]
- Alex Bellos[24]
- Elwyn Berlekamp[24]
- Andrew Booker[27]
- Steven Bradlow[28]
- Timothy Browning[29]
- Brian Butterworth[24]
- John Conway[24]
- Ed Copeland[24]
- Tom Crawford[30]
- Zsuzsanna Dancso[31]
- Persi Diaconis[24]
- Marcus Du Sautoy[32]
- Rob Eastaway[24]
- Laurence Eaves[24]
- David Eisenbud[24]
- Edward Frenkel[24]
- Hannah Fry[24]
- Lisa Goldberg[24]
- James Grime [33]
- Ron Graham[34]
- Edmund Harriss[35]
- Gordon Hamilton[36]
- Tim Harford[37]
- Don Knuth[24]
- Holly Krieger[38]
- James Maynard[39]
- Barry Mazur[24]
- Steve Mould[24]
- Colm Mulcahy[40]
- Tony Padilla[41]
- Simon Pampena[42]
- Matt Parker[24]
- Roger Penrose[43]
- Carl Pomerance[44]
- Ken Ribet[24]
- Tom Scott[24]
- Henry Segerman[45]
- Carlo H. Séquin[46]
- Jim Simons[47]
- Simon Singh[24]
- Neil Sloane[48]
- Ben Sparks[49]
- Katie Steckles[50]
- Zvezdelina Stankova[24]
- Clifford Stoll[24]
- Terence Tao[51]
- Tadashi Tokieda[52]
- Mariel Vázquez[53]
- Cédric Villani[54]
- Zandra Vinegar[55]
The Numberphile Podcast
| The Numberphile Podcast | |
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| Hosted by | Brady Haran |
| Genre | Interview |
| Language | English |
| Length | 25–75 minutes |
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| No. of episodes | 46 (As of 18 January 2023[update])[56] |
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| Original release | 4 November 2018 |
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| Website | www |
Haran started a podcast titled The Numberphile Podcast in 2018 as a sister project. The podcast more heavily focuses on the lives and personalities of some of the subjects of the videos.[57]
| No. | Title | Run Time | Original release date |
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| 1 | "The Hope Diamond - with 3Blue1Brown" | 1:03:20 | 4 November 2018 |
| 2 | "Fermat’s Last Theorem - with Ken Ribet" | 48:22 | 21 November 2018 |
| 3 | "Delicious Problems - with Hannah Fry" | 52:00 | 16 December 2018 |
| 4 | "The Klein Bottle Guy - with Cliff Stoll" | 59:08 | 8 January 2019 |
| 5 | "The Math Storyteller - with Simon Singh" | 1:11:36 | 11 February 2019 |
| 6 | "Parker Square - with Matt Parker" | 52:04 | 24 February 2019 |
| 7 | "A Proof in the Drawer - with David Eisenbud" | 1:15:20 | 7 April 2019 |
| 8 | "The Offensive Lineman - with John Urschel" | 36:43 | 14 May 2019 |
| 9 | "The Singing Banana - with James Grime" | 1:13:21 | 20 May 2019 |
| 10 | "The C-Word - talking Calculus with Steven Strogatz" | 51:17 | 17 June 2019 |
| 11 | "The Number Collector - with Neil Sloane" | 55:36 | 14 August 2019 |
| 12 | "Fame and Admiration - with Timothy Gowers" | 54:25 | 22 October 2019 |
| 13 | "The Badly Behaved Prime - with James Maynard" | 41:38 | 10 November 2019 |
| 14 | "Coffin Problems - with Edward Frenkel" | 1:21:39 | 3 December 2019 |
| 15 | "Champaign Mathematician - with Holly Krieger" | 40:00 | 13 December 2019 |
| 16 | "Gondor Calls for Aid - with Kit Yates" | 28:18 | 31 March 2020 |
| 17 | "Crystal Balls and Coronavirus - with Hannah Fry" | 44:55 | 10 April 2020 |
| 18 | "The Legendary John Conway (1937-2020)" | 38:01 | 13 April 2020 |
| 19 | "The Accidental Streamer - with 3Blue1Brown" | 33:05 | 19 April 2020 |
| 20 | "The Parker Quiz - with Matt Parker" | 55:34 | 21 May 2020 |
| 21 | "The Happy Twin - with Ben Sparks" | 1:02:21 | 27 May 2020 |
| 22 | "The Numeracy Ambassador - with Simon Pampena" | 1:00:15 | 1 July 2020 |
| 23 | "The Mathematical Showman - Ron Graham (1935-2020)" | 39:02 | 13 July 2020 |
| 24 | "The Third Cornet - with Katie Steckles" | 59:49 | 24 July 2020 |
| 25 | "Why Did the Mathematician Cross the Road? - with Roger Penrose" | 1:05:16 | 8 August 2020 |
| 26 | "The Importance of Numbers - with Tim Harford" | 47:29 | 12 September 2020 |
| 27 | "Nursery Rhymes and Numbers - with Alan Stewart" | 54:06 | 5 October 2020 |
| 28 | "Quiz Shows and Math Anxiety - with Bobby Seagull" | 1:24:26 | 23 October 2020 |
| 29 | "Club Automatic - with Alex Bellos" | 54:17 | 25 November 2020 |
| 30 | "Why Study Mathematics - with Vicky Neale" | 45:11 | 8 December 2020 |
| 31 | "Statistics and Saving Lives - with Jennifer Rogers" | 55:50 | 11 December 2020 |
| 32 | "Rockstar Epidemiologists - with Adam Kucharski" | 45:10 | 2 February 2021 |
| 33 | "The High Jumping Cosmologist - with Katie Mack" | 54:53 | 25 February 2021 |
| 34 | "Beauty in the Messiness - with Philip Moriarty" | 39:05 | 3 April 2021 |
| 35 | "The Naked Mathematician - with Tom Crawford" | 58:12 | 31 May 2021 |
| 36 | "A Chance at Immortality - with Marcus du Sautoy" | 51:29 | 26 July 2021 |
| 37 | "Making Sense of Infinity - with Asaf Karagila" | 53:27 | 28 August 2021 |
| 38 | "Google's 'DeepMind' does Mathematics" | 37:02 | 2 December 2021 |
| 39 | "The Little Star - with Zvezdelina Stankova" | 58:20 | 14 January 2022 |
| 40 | "An Infinite Debt - with Christopher Havens (Prisoner #349034)" | 49:50 | 13 February 2022 |
| 41 | "The First and Last Digits of Pi" | 42:26 | 14 March 2022 |
| 42 | "A Passion for Big Numbers (and Liverpool FC) - with Tony Padilla" | 50:41 | 18 April 2022 |
| 43 | "The Orchid Room and Cancer - with Hannah Fry" | 36:51 | 29 May 2022 |
| 44 | "An Educated Adult - with Tadashi Tokieda" | 1:13:45 | 11 July 2022 |
| 45 | "Finding a Path - with Tatiana Toro" | 44:00 | 13 December 2022 |
| 46 | "A Chain of Chance - with Michael Merrifield" | 1:07:00 | 18 January 2023 |
References
- ^ a b "About Numberphile". YouTube.
- ^ Schultz, Colin. "The Great Debate Over Whether 1+2+3+4..+ ∞ = -1/12". Smithsonian Magazine.
- ^ Ryan, Jackson. "Earth is getting a black box to record events that lead to the downfall of civilization". CNET. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ Lamb, Evelyn. "Does 1+2+3... Really Equal -1/12?". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ Bennett, Jay (20 October 2017). "The Enormity of the Number TREE(3) Is Beyond Comprehension". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ As VidCon gets underway, science presenters rule the Web By Robert Lloyd Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2016
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- ^ The World of YouTube Math Communication by Scott Hershberger, Notices Of The American Mathematical Society, November 2022
- ^ "The Numberphile Podcast". Brady Haran. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ 145 and the melancoil: What do narcissistic numbers and happy numbers share with the wild events that transpire when mathematicians visit the pub? GrrlScientist, The Guardian,Mathematics, 5 Mar 2012
- ^ ECONOMIC POLICY: The eerie math that could predict terrorist By Ana Swanson, The Washington Post, March 1, 2016
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- ^ Numberphile Nominated in Education 8th Annual Shorty Awards
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- ^ Best YouTube Math Channels By Med Kharbach, PhD, YouTube Channels for Teachers, December 18, 2022
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- ^ "42 is the new 33 - Numberphile". YouTube. 12 March 2019.
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- ^ Haran, Brady. "Zsuzsanna Dancso on Numberphile". YouTube.
- ^ Guardian Staff (4 December 2021). "From a Sex and the City sequel to Halo Infinite: a complete guide to this week's entertainment". the Guardian.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "James Grime on Numberphile". YouTube.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "Ron Graham on Numberphile". YouTube.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "All in Edmund Harriss". Numberphile.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "Gordon Hamilton on Numberphile". YouTube.
- ^ "Statistics, Storks, and Babies - Numberphile". YouTube. 25 August 2020.
- ^ Lamb, Evelyn. "Holly Krieger's Favorite Theorem". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Primes without a 7 - Numberphile". YouTube. 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Little Fibs - Numberphile". YouTube. 2 June 2016.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "All in Tony Padilla". Numberphile.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "Simon Pampena on Numberphile". YouTube.
- ^ "Why Did The Mathematician Cross The Road? - with Roger Penrose". YouTube. 8 August 2020.
- ^ "210 is VERY Goldbachy - Numberphile". YouTube. 28 May 2017.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "Henry Segerman on Numberphile". YouTube.
- ^ "Mobius Bridges and Buildings - Numberphile". YouTube. 9 April 2014.
- ^ "Billionaire Mathematician - Numberphile". YouTube. 13 May 2015.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "Neil Sloane on Numberphile". YouTube.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "Ben Sparks on Numberphile". YouTube.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "Katie Steckles on Numberphile". YouTube.
- ^ "The World's Best Mathematician (*) - Numberphile". YouTube. 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Stable Rollers - Numberphile". YouTube. 6 March 2017.
- ^ "The Shape of DNA - Numberphile". YouTube. 26 October 2015.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "Cedric Villani on Numberphile". YouTube. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Card Flipping Proof - Numberphile". YouTube. 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Podcast". Numberphile. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Haran, Brady. "The Numberphile Podcast". Brady Haran. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
External links
- Official website