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curated list 
August 29, 2015

Math talks to blow your mind

This playlist, curated by TED, is courtesy of TED.com. It comprises 11 talks with a total running duration of about 2 hours and 27 minutes.

Talks in this playlist:

Ron Eglash: The fractals at the heart of African designs

Clayton Cameron: A-rhythm-etic. The math behind the beats

Arthur Benjamin: A performance of “Mathemagic”

Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history

Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations

Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness

Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality’s riddle

Randall Munroe: Comics that ask “what if?”

Robert Lang: The math and magic of origami

Adam Spencer: Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers

Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón: Math is forever

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Talks in this playlist

Adam Spencer: Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers

Adam Spencer: Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers

Arthur Benjamin: A performance of “Mathemagic”

Arthur Benjamin: A performance of “Mathemagic”

Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness

Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness

Clayton Cameron: A-rhythm-etic. The math behind the beats

Clayton Cameron: A-rhythm-etic. The math behind the beats

Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón: Math is forever

Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón: Math is forever

Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations

Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations

Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history

Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history

Randall Munroe: Comics that ask “what if?”

Randall Munroe: Comics that ask “what if?”

Ron Eglash: The fractals at the heart of African designs

Ron Eglash: The fractals at the heart of African designs

Robert Lang: The math and magic of origami

Robert Lang: The math and magic of origami

Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality’s riddle

Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality’s riddle

Other talks

  • Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

    Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

  • Navi Radjou: Creative problem-solving in the face of extreme limits

    Navi Radjou: Creative problem-solving in the face of extreme limits

  • Stella Young: I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much

    Stella Young: I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much

  • Joe Madiath: Better toilets, better life

    Joe Madiath: Better toilets, better life

  • Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability

    Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability

  • Yann Dall’Aglio: Love — you’re doing it wrong

    Yann Dall’Aglio: Love — you’re doing it wrong

  • Max Little: A test for Parkinson’s with a phone call

    Max Little: A test for Parkinson’s with a phone call

  • Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea

    Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea

  • Charles Moore: Seas of plastic

    Charles Moore: Seas of plastic

  • Carl Honoré: In praise of slowness

    Carl Honoré: In praise of slowness

  • Jon Ronson: Strange answers to the psychopath test

    Jon Ronson: Strange answers to the psychopath test

  • Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness

    Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness

  • Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend

    Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend

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