Zero to Infinity: A History of Numbers

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Edward B. Burger

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L01 - The Ever-Evolving Notion of Number.mp4

29:30

L02 - The Dawn of Numbers.mp4

29:28

L03 - Speaking the Language of Numbers.mp4

30:19

L04 - The Dramatic Digits -- The Power of Zero.mp4

31:50

L05 - The Magical and Spiritual Allure of Numbers.mp4

31:23

L06 - Natures Numbers -- Patterns without People.mp4

29:27

L07 - Numbers of Prime Importance.mp4

31:53

L08 - Challenging the Rationality of Numbers.mp4

30:08

L09 - Walk the (Number) Line.mp4

30:48

L10 - The Commonplace Chaos among Real Numbers.mp4

30:28

L11 - A BeautifulDusting of Zeroes and Twos.mp4

31:31

L12 - An Intuitive Sojourn into Arithmetic.mp4

28:45

L13 - The Story of Pi.mp4

30:23

L14 - The Storey of Eulers e.mp4

29:37

L15 - Transcendental Numbers.mp4

30:10

L16 - An Algebraic Approach to Numbers.mp4

29:57

L17 - The Five Most Important Numbers.mp4

30:32

L18 - An Analytic Approach to Numbers.mp4

30:29

L19 - A New Breed of Numbers.mp4

30:35

L20 - The Notion of Transfinte Numbers.mp4

29:05

L21 - Collections Too Infinite to Count.mp4

30:00

L22 - In and Out -- The Road to a Third Infinity.mp4

29:16

L23 - Infinity -- What We Know and What We Dont.mp4

28:07

L24 - The Endless Frontier of Number.mp4

28:04

Part 1-2 - Credits.mp4

00:54

Part 1-2 - Lecturer.mp4

02:24

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Numbers surround us. They mark our days, light our nights, foretell our weather, and keep us on course. They drive commerce and sustain civilization. But what are they? Whether you struggled through algebra or you majored in mathematics, you will find Professor Edward B. Burger's approach accessible and stimulating. If you think math is just problems and formulas, prepare to be amazed.

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Dr. Edward B. Burger is President of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Previously, he was Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Mathematics at Williams College. He graduated summa cum laude from Connecticut College, where he earned a B.A. with distinction in Mathematics. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin. Professor Burger is the recipient of many teaching awards and accolades. He was named by Baylor University as the 2010 recipient of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching for his proven record as an extraordinary teacher and distinguished scholar. Baylor University lauded Dr. Burger as truly one of our nation's most outstanding, passionate, and creative mathematics professors. His other teaching awards include the Nelson Bushnell Prize for Scholarship and Teaching from Williams College, the Distinguished Achievement Award for Educational Video Technology from the Association of Educational Publishers, and the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics from the Mathematical Association of America. In 2006 Reader's Digest honored him in its annual 100 Best of America special issue as Best Math Teacher. Professor Burger is the author of more than 40 scholarly papers and books, including Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas, which has been translated into seven languages. He was honored with the Robert W. Hamilton Book Award for his coauthored work with Michael Starbird, The Heart of Mathematics: An invitation to effective thinking. He served for three years as mathematics advisor for the educational series NUMB3RS, produced by CBS, Paramount Studios, and Texas Instruments.

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