Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The deeper mathematics goes, the stranger everything becomes. The maths you learned at school was a world in which everything had a neat solution, and mind-bending concepts like infinity were glanced over in lieu of another equation where you had to solve for x.
In this marathon, we'll explore the very boundaries of maths, find out where the equations falter and where they uncover hidden truths about the universe. You'll learn about infinity, prime numbers and a number so large it brings us to the very edge of what we can calculate.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
01:15 Mathematicians Discover a Strange New Infinity
23:21 A Number So Large It Brings Us to the Edge of Mathematics
32:34 Prime Numbers Might Not Be Random After All
59:27 Sean Carroll: The Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics
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The deeper mathematics goes, the stranger everything becomes. The maths you learned at school was a world in which everything had a neat solution, and mind-bending concepts like infinity were glanced over in lieu of another equation where you had to solve for x.
In this marathon, we'll explore the very boundaries of maths, find out where the equations falter and where they uncover hidden truths about the universe. You'll learn about infinity, prime numbers and a number so large it brings us to the very edge of what we can calculate.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
01:15 Mathematicians Discover a Strange New Infinity
23:21 A Number So Large It Brings Us to the Edge of Mathematics
32:34 Prime Numbers Might Not Be Random After All
59:27 Sean Carroll: The Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics
Love New Scientist? For a specially discounted New Scientist digital subscription, go to newscientist.com/youtube
Subscribe ➤ bit.ly/NSYTSUBS
Get more from New Scientist:
Official website: bit.ly/NSYTHP
Facebook: bit.ly/NSYTFB
Twitter: bit.ly/NSYTTW
Instagram: bit.ly/NSYTINSTA
LinkedIn: bit.ly/NSYTLIN
About New Scientist:
New Scientist was founded in 1956 for “all those interested in scientific discovery and its social consequences”. Today our website, videos, newsletters, app, podcast and print magazine cover the world’s most important, exciting and entertaining science news as well as asking the big-picture questions about life, the universe, and what it means to be human.
New Scientist
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#maths #mathematics #infinity #primes
