Numberphile — Best Videos According to Hacker News

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The man with 1,000 Klein Bottles UNDER his house - Numberphile

Numberphile

“Cliff is an amazing person. Just a joy!”

8 HN recommenders · 2015–2024

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All the Numbers - Numberphile

Numberphile

“here's a video that explains from the basics what kinds of numbers exist”

6 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

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How Big is Graham's Number? (feat Ron Graham)

Numberphile

“And here is the man himself describing it”

4 HN recommenders · 2014–2024

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Was YOUR vote counted? (feat. homomorphic encryption) - Numberphile

Numberphile

“Cryptographers are clever and have figured out a way to let you know your vote was counted without being able to prove it to a third party!”

5 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

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The Golden Ratio (why it is so irrational) - Numberphile

Numberphile

“a mind-rewiring video by numberphile concerning the golden ratio [0] made sense of all the spiral overlay art”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

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Infinity is bigger than you think - Numberphile

Numberphile

“Numberphile did a pretty good introductory video to this if you want to learn more”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2022

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Fantastic Quaternions - Numberphile

Numberphile

“Numberphile's explanation of Quaternions is the simplest I have seen so far”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2018

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Flaw in the Enigma Code - Numberphile

Numberphile

“Numberphile gives a nice, succinct explanation”

4 HN recommenders · 2013–2025

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Graham's Number - Numberphile

Numberphile

“It's a pretty interesting video for seeing how quickly the numbers get unimaginably massive.”

4 HN recommenders · 2013–2024

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Randomness is Random - Numberphile

Numberphile

“Here's a great video demonstrating how people tend to misunderstand randomness”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

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Pi and the Mandelbrot Set - Numberphile

Numberphile

“My absolute favorite numberphile video is how pi occurs in a peculiar way with Riemann Zeta/Mandelbrot.”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2019

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The Best (and Worst) Ways to Shuffle Cards - Numberphile

Numberphile

“It gives a lot of insight and anectdotes in addition to the central theorem”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2026

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Reynolds Number - Numberphile

Numberphile

“I think this is a good lay-person's introduction to basis of Kolmogorov's length scale, specifically the Reynold's number”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

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Surreal Numbers (writing the first book) - Numberphile

Numberphile

“This interview is excellent”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2022

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ASTOUNDING: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... = -1/12

Numberphile

“Watch this entertaining Numberphile video about this topic”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

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Sloane's Gap - Numberphile

Numberphile

“Very good video on Sloane's Gap, for the impatient”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2019

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Strange Spheres in Higher Dimensions - Numberphile

Numberphile

“Numberphile[2] has a video on higher dimensional spheres which talks about this weirdness.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

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The Josephus Problem - Numberphile

Numberphile

“There is an excellent numberphile video on Josephus problem”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

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An astonishing old calculator - Numberphile

Numberphile

“There is also a fantastic video where Cliff Stoll describes the Friden EC-132 calculator and shows off its acoustic delay line here”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

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5040 and other Anti-Prime Numbers - Numberphile

Numberphile

“Here is a GREAT video on these 'anti-prime' numbers”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

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Klein Bottles - Numberphile

Numberphile

“This guys passion for Mobius Strips is infectious.”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2022

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The Trinity Hall Prime - Numberphile

Numberphile

“I love his video explaining how someone found a prime that looks like the Arms of Trinity Hall [1].”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

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Darts in Higher Dimensions (with 3blue1brown) - Numberphile

Numberphile

“There's a nice video about this from Numberphile and 3blue1brown”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

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How big is a billion? - Numberphile

Numberphile

“explains it all quite nicely.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2024

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Does John Conway hate his Game of Life?

Numberphile

“Conway has said GOL is not something he is particularly pleased got as famous as it did.”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2024

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Base 12 - Numberphile

Numberphile

“I suggest anyone reading this to also watch this video”

1 HN recommenders · 2013–2020

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Calculating a Car Crash - Numberphile

Numberphile

“There's also a great video I stumbled across yesterday”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

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Bertrand's Paradox (with 3blue1brown) - Numberphile

Numberphile

“there's a Numberphile / 3B1B video about the pitfalls of plotting randomness in a circle”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

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Why do YouTube views freeze at 301?

Numberphile

“here's a good video on why it happens”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2025

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The Uncracked Problem with 33 - Numberphile

Numberphile

“Or watch videos about it”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2023