6 Things You Don't Know About Numbers | Iain Webb | TEDxTbilisi
Why should you love prime numbers? In this lively and humorous talk mathematician Iain Webb makes the case for primes, and their special role in nature and civilization.
Iain Webb is a teacher of mathematics whose goal it to get people passionate about the subject. A graduate with an MA in mathematics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, Iain has taught at universities and schools in Great Britain, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Georgia. He has previously co-authored courses for students taking non-mathematical academic routes and he aims to show people, and specifically his students, the hidden number-related patterns around us.
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