Making sense of irrational numbers - Ganesh Pai
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Like many heroes of Greek myths, the philosopher Hippasus was rumored to have been mortally punished by the gods. But what was his crime? Did he murder guests or disrupt a sacred ritual? No, Hippasus's transgression was mathematically proving the hitherto unprovable. Ganesh Pai describes the history and math behind irrational numbers.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Ganesh Pai
- Script Editor
- Alex Gendler
- Director
- Anton Trofimov
- Artist
- Shixie
- Narrator
- Pen-Pen Chen
