The Emotional Side of Math (encore)
August 03, 2011 Wednesday AT 3PM CT

 
 

Alex Bellos want us to understand the emotional side of math. Traveling all over the world to report from the secret world of numbers, he has met with the tribe that counts up to five only, the man who sets the odds for half the world's slot machines, and two Ukrainian brothers who consider themselves one mathematician. (Rebroadcast from June 16, 2010)



Guest
  • Alex Bellos, writer, journalist, and math lover; author of Here's Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math
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