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David Hoffman: Sputnik mania

Filmmaker David Hoffman shares footage from his feature-length documentary Sputnik Mania, which shows how the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik in 1957 led to both the space race and the arms race -- and jump-started science and math education around the world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_hoffman_sputnik_mania

Arthur Benjamin | TED Speaker

Using daring displays of algorithmic trickery, lightning calculator and number wizard Arthur Benjamin mesmerizes audiences with mathematical mystery and beauty.
Mathemagician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/arthur_benjamin

Dan Finkel: Can you solve the secret werewolf riddle?

You're on the trail of a werewolf that's been terrorizing your town. After months of detective work, you've narrowed your suspects to one of five people. You've invited them to dinner with a simple plan: to slip a square of a rare antidote into each of their dinners. Unfortunately, you only have one square left. Can you divide it into perfect fi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_finkel_can_you_solve_the_secret_werewolf_riddle

Gordon Hamilton: Can you solve the Mondrian squares riddle?

Dutch artist Piet Mondrian's abstract, rectangular paintings inspired mathematicians to create a two-fold challenge. Can you solve the puzzle and get to the lowest score possible? Gordon Hamilton shows how. [TED-Ed Animation by Anton Trofimov]
https://www.ted.com/talks/gordon_hamilton_can_you_solve_the_mondrian_squares_riddle

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

You've found Leonardo da Vinci's secret vault, secured by a series of combination locks. Fortunately, your treasure map has three codes: 1210, 3211000, and... hmm. The last one appears to be missing. Can you figure out the last number and open the vault? Tanya Khovanova shows how. [TED-Ed Animation by Artrake Studio].
https://www.ted.com/talks/tanya_khovanova_can_you_solve_the_leonardo_da_vinci_riddle

Dan Finkel: Can you solve the giant cat army riddle?

The villainous Dr. Schrödinger has developed a growth ray and intends to create an army of giant cats to terrorize the city. Your team of secret agents has tracked him to his underground lab. You burst in to find ... that it's a trap! Can you escape from Dr. Schrödinger's lair and save the day? Dan Finkel shows how. [TED-Ed Animation by Artrake ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_finkel_can_you_solve_the_giant_cat_army_riddle

Marcus du Sautoy | TED Speaker

Oxford's newest science ambassador Marcus du Sautoy is also author of The Times' Sexy Maths column. He'll take you footballing with prime numbers, whopping symmetry groups, higher dimensions and other brow-furrowers.
Mathematician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/marcus_du_sautoy

Max Little | TED Speaker

Max Little is a mathematician whose research includes a breakthrough technique to monitor – and potentially screen for – Parkinson's disease through simple voice recordings.
Applied mathematician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/max_little

Harry Baker | TED Speaker

2012 World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker has travelled the world off the strength of his way with words. He combines the nerdiness of being a math student with the hopefulness of being a human.
Poet physician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/harry_baker

Daniel Finkel: Can you solve the alien probe riddle?

Your team has developed a probe to study an alien monolith. It needs protective coatings — in red, purple and green — to cope with the environments it passes through. Can you figure out how to apply the colors so the probe survives the trip? Dan Finkel shows how. [TED-Ed Animation by Anton Trofimov].
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_finkel_can_you_solve_the_alien_probe_riddle

Alex Gendler: Can you solve the giant iron riddle?

The family of giants you work for is throwing a fancy dinner party, but there's a problem — the elder giant's favorite shirt is wrinkled! To fix it, you'll need to power up the giant iron. It needs two batteries to work, but the baby giant mixed the working battery pile with the dead pile. Can you test the batteries so that you get a working pai...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_can_you_solve_the_giant_iron_riddle

Nina Klietsch: Why do airlines sell too many tickets?

Have you ever sat in a doctor's office for hours, despite having an appointment? Has a hotel turned down your reservation because it's full? Have you been bumped off a flight that you paid for? These are all symptoms of overbooking, a practice where businesses sell or book more than their capacity. So why do they do it? Nina Klietsch explains th...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nina_klietsch_why_do_airlines_sell_too_many_tickets

Playlist: Talks to take you back to school (7 talks)

Sharpen your pencils! It’s time to hit the books again, with these TED Talks that take you through a busy day of math, history, gym, lunch, English, science and art. No finals required.
Curated by TED · 7 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_to_take_you_back_to_scho

Sal Khan | TED Speaker

In 2004, Sal Khan, a hedge fund analyst, began making math tutorials for his cousins. Twelve years later, Khan Academy has more than 42 million registered users from 190 countries, with tutorials on subjects from basic math through economics, art history, computer science, health, medicine and more.
Educator and social entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/salman_khan

Benoit Mandelbrot | TED Speaker

Benoit Mandelbrot's work led the world to a deeper understanding of fractals, a broad and powerful tool in the study of roughness, both in nature and in humanity's works.
Mathematician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/benoit_mandelbrot

David J. Malan: What's an algorithm?

An algorithm is a method of solving problems both big and small. Though computers run algorithms constantly, humans can also solve problems with algorithms. David J. Malan explains how algorithms can be used in seemingly simple situations and also complex ones. [Directed by Joyce Stenneke, narrated by David J. Malan].
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_j_malan_what_s_an_algorithm

Dennis Shasha: Can you solve the temple riddle?

Your expedition finally stands at the heart of the ancient temple. But as you study the inscriptions in the darkness, two wisps of green smoke burst forth. The walls begin to shake. The giant sandglass begins flowing with less than an hour before it empties, and a rumbling tells you that you don't want to be around when that happens. Can you use...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dennis_shasha_can_you_solve_the_temple_riddle

Alan Smith: Why you should love statistics

Think you're good at guessing stats? Guess again. Whether we consider ourselves math people or not, our ability to understand and work with numbers is terribly limited, says data visualization expert Alan Smith. In this delightful talk, Smith explores the mismatch between what we know and what we think we know.
https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_smith_why_you_should_love_statistics

Vittorio Loreto: Need a new idea? Start at the edge of what is known

"Where do great ideas come from?" Starting with this question in mind, Vittorio Loreto takes us on a journey to explore a possible mathematical scheme that explains the birth of the new. Learn more about the "adjacent possible" -- the crossroads of what's actual and what's possible -- and how studying the math that drives it could explain how we...
https://www.ted.com/talks/vittorio_loreto_need_a_new_idea_start_at_the_edge_of_what_is_known

Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod

Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists.
https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod

Randall Munroe: Comics that ask "what if?"

Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions ("what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light?") using math, physics, logic and deadpan humor. In this charming talk, a reader's question about Google's data warehouse leads Munroe down a circuitous path to a hilariously over-detailed answer — in which, shhh, you might ac...
https://www.ted.com/talks/randall_munroe_comics_that_ask_what_if

Pratik Aghor: The greatest mathematician that never lived

When Nicolas Bourbaki applied to the American Mathematical Society in the 1950s, he was already one of the most influential mathematicians of his time. He'd published articles in international journals and his textbooks were required reading. Yet his application was firmly rejected for one simple reason: Nicolas Bourbaki did not exist. How is th...
https://www.ted.com/talks/pratik_aghor_the_greatest_mathematician_that_never_lived

Greg Lynn | TED Speaker

Greg Lynn is the head of Greg Lynn FORM, an architecture firm known for its boundary-breaking, biomorphic shapes and its embrace of digital tools for design and fabrication.
Designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/greg_lynn

Gary Wolf | TED Speaker

Journalist Gary Wolf spends his days in pursuit of the most fascinating things. As a contributing editor at Wired, he's written about technology, mushroom hunters, venture capitalists ...
Journalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gary_wolf

Hannah Fry | TED Speaker

Hannah Fry researches the trends in our civilization and ways we can forecast its future.
Complexity theorist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/hannah_fry

Charles Fleischer | TED Speaker

Best known as the voice of Roger Rabbit, Charles Fleischer's multi-decade career includes work on stage and on screen, and an online emporium of unusual observations called MonkeyDog.
Comedian, voice artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/charles_fleischer

Jim Simons | TED Speaker

After astonishing success as a mathematician, code breaker and billionaire hedge fund manager, Jim Simons is mastering yet another field: philanthropy.
Philanthropist, mathematician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jim_simons

Stephen Hawking | TED Speaker

Stephen Hawking's scientific investigations shed light on the origins of the cosmos, the nature of time and the ultimate fate of the universe. His bestselling books for a general audience have given an appreciation of physics to millions.
Theoretical physicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/stephen_hawking

Jeff Dekofsky: Euclid's puzzling parallel postulate

Euclid, known as the "Father of Geometry," developed several of modern geometry's most enduring theorems--but what can we make of his mysterious fifth postulate, the parallel postulate? Jeff Dekofsky shows us how mathematical minds have put the postulate to the test and led to larger questions of how we understand mathematical principles. [Direc...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_dekofsky_euclid_s_puzzling_parallel_postulate

Daniel Finkel: Can you solve the unstoppable blob riddle?

A shooting star crashes onto Earth and a hideous blob emerges. It creeps and leaps, it glides and slides. It's also unstoppable: no matter what you throw at it, it just re-grows and continues its rampage. The only way to save the planet is to cut the entire blob into precise acute triangles while it sleeps, rendering it inert. Can you stop the b...
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_finkel_can_you_solve_the_unstoppable_blob_riddle
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