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Why don't perpetual motion machines ever work? - Netta Schramm

Where do math symbols come from? - John David Walters

What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf? - Chand John

Why do airlines sell too many tickets? - Nina Klietsch

What's the difference between accuracy and precision? - Matt Anticole

How high can you count on your fingers? (Spoiler: much higher than 10) - James Tanton

The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - Natalya St. Clair

The Infinite Hotel Paradox - Jeff Dekofsky

Can you solve the bridge riddle? - Alex Gendler

Can you solve the prisoner hat riddle? - Alex Gendler

Can you solve "Einstein’s Riddle"? - Dan Van der Vieren

Can you solve the temple riddle? - Dennis E. Shasha

Can you solve the three gods riddle? - Alex Gendler

Can you solve the locker riddle? - Lisa Winer

Can you solve the passcode riddle? - Ganesh Pai

Can you solve the prisoner boxes riddle? - Yossi Elran

Can you solve the frog riddle? - Derek Abbott

Can you solve the counterfeit coin riddle? - Jennifer Lu

Can you solve the control room riddle? - Dennis Shasha

Can you solve the virus riddle? - Lisa Winer

Can you solve the airplane riddle? - Judd A. Schorr

Why do competitors open their stores next to one another? - Jac de Haan

Can you solve the river crossing riddle? - Lisa Winer

Can you solve the pirate riddle? - Alex Gendler

Exponential Growth: How Folding Paper Can Get You to the Moon

Can you solve the fish riddle? - Steve Wyborney

Can you solve the egg drop riddle? - Yossi Elran

Exploring other dimensions - Alex Rosenthal and George Zaidan

Why do honeybees love hexagons? - Zack Patterson and Andy Peterson

What is Zeno's Dichotomy Paradox? - Colm Kelleher

The mathematical secrets of Pascal’s triangle - Wajdi Mohamed Ratemi

Is math discovered or invented? - Jeff Dekofsky

Can you solve the dark coin riddle? - Lisa Winer

Group theory 101: How to play a Rubik’s Cube like a piano - Michael Staff

How to defeat a dragon with math - Garth Sundem

Check your intuition: The birthday problem - David Knuffke

One is one ... or is it?

The last banana: A thought experiment in probability - Leonardo Barichello

How many ways can you arrange a deck of cards? - Yannay Khaikin

Inside OKCupid: The math of online dating - Christian Rudder

What's an algorithm? - David J. Malan

Can you solve the seven planets riddle? - Edwin F. Meyer

A brief history of banned numbers - Alessandra King

The math behind Michael Jordan’s legendary hang time - Andy Peterson and Zack Patterson

The origin of countless conspiracy theories - PatrickJMT

How many ways are there to prove the Pythagorean theorem? - Betty Fei

The infinite life of pi - Reynaldo Lopes

How to spot a misleading graph - Lea Gaslowitz

A clever way to estimate enormous numbers - Michael Mitchell

Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten

The case of the missing fractals - Alex Rosenthal and George Zaidan

What happens if you guess - Leigh Nataro

Making sense of irrational numbers - Ganesh Pai

How the Königsberg bridge problem changed mathematics - Dan Van der Vieren

Pizza physics (New York-style) - Colm Kelleher

The beauty of data visualization - David McCandless

Did Shakespeare write his plays? - Natalya St. Clair and Aaron Williams

The mathematics of sidewalk illusions - Fumiko Futamura

Why are manhole covers round? - Marc Chamberland

Can you find the next number in this sequence? - Alex Gendler

What is a vector? - David Huynh

A brief history of numerical systems - Alessandra King

The coin flip conundrum - Po-Shen Loh

The mighty mathematics of the lever - Andy Peterson and Zack Patterson

What in the world is topological quantum matter? - Fan Zhang

An introduction to mathematical theorems - Scott Kennedy

How algorithms shape our world - Kevin Slavin

How to visualize one part per million - Kim Preshoff + The TED-Ed Community

How does math guide our ships at sea? - George Christoph

How to organize, add and multiply matrices - Bill Shillito

The time value of money - German Nande

A trip through space to calculate distance - Heather Tunnell

Euclid's puzzling parallel postulate - Jeff Dekofsky

Math class needs a makeover - Dan Meyer

Gridiron physics: Scalars and vectors - Michelle Buchanan

Why can't you divide by zero? - TED-Ed

The beautiful math of coral - Margaret Wertheim

Fractals and the art of roughness - Benoit Mandelbrot

Symmetry, reality's riddle - Marcus du Sautoy

Building unimaginable shapes - Michael Hansmeyer

Can you solve the Mondrian squares riddle? - Gordon Hamilton

How exactly does binary code work? - José Américo N L F de Freitas

Can you solve the Leonardo da Vinci riddle? - Tanya Khovanova

The greatest mathematician that never lived - Pratik Aghor

The satisfying math of folding origami - Evan Zodl

The paradox at the heart of mathematics: Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem - Marcus du Sautoy

The method that can "prove" almost anything - James A. Smith

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Explore a diverse collection of math-related videos covering real-world applications, historical insights, and mind-bending puzzles. Dive into topics ranging from perpetual motion machines and mathematical symbols to fast alphabetization techniques and airline overbooking strategies. Discover the unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night," solve challenging riddles, and unravel paradoxes like the Infinite Hotel. Learn about exponential growth, geometric principles in nature, and the intricacies of probability. Investigate the math behind sports, online dating, and conspiracy theories. Gain insights into mathematical concepts like vectors, matrices, and fractals. Explore the intersection of math with art, literature, and philosophy. Engage with thought-provoking questions about the nature of mathematics and its role in shaping our world.

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