JAMES GRIME: OK, so 42 is maybe not such a special number in mathematics, but a very special number in nerd culture. PHIL MORIARTY: Good. Good, good, good. Did you want to do something with 42? JAMES...
DR. JAMES GRIME: So we're going to do a little mathematical trick that I'm hoping that people will like and they'll try out on their friends and family. So let's do it....
JAMES GRIME: We love pi, of course. Everyone loves pi. But one of my favorite pi facts is-- and I think it's fun. You only need 39 digits of pi to be able to measure the circumference of the...
JAMES GRIME: One of the reasons we're fascinated by primes is that they are quite weird in the way they behave. On one hand, they kind of feel random. They are turning up all over the place....
KATIE STECKLES: I would like to talk to you about the number 5. And the thing that I like most about the number 5 is that there are only five platonic solids. JAMES GRIME: This is a regular polygon....
BRADY HARAN: A pretend conversation. Like, you know when you watch TV and the weather presenter and the news presenter have that fake chat at the end? JAMES GRIME: Oh, OK. [INAUDIBLE]. BRADY HARAN:...
JAMES GRIME: As an antipathian, how big is a billion? TONY PADILLA: No, I'm not even going to go there, man. JAMES GRIME: Well, what were you taught? What were you taught at school? TONY...
JAMES GRIME: Today, Brady, we're going to look at Smith numbers. And Smith numbers were born in an unusual place. They were born in a telephone directory when somebody was looking up the phone...
JAMES GRIME: We're going to try out a little mathematical trick with you today, Brady. It's nothing special. I mean, it's nothing new. But we'll try it out. I'm...