The Math Factor

Chaim Goodman-Strauss

Can one infinity be larger than another? Are there half as many even numbers as counting numbers? This series of short episodes of The Math Factor airs on KUAF 91.3 FM.

  • 14 minutes 20 seconds
    HR. CardColm
    Colm Mulcahy joins us to share some of his card magic!
    13 April 2012, 9:20 pm
  • 10 minutes 25 seconds
    HQ. Newton v Leibnitz
    A break from puzzling to discuss the history of the great Newton-Liebnitz dispute over the invention of Calculus, with the playwright Todd Taylor.
    26 March 2012, 2:53 pm
  • 9 minutes 37 seconds
    HP. Happy Root 10 Day
    For procrastinators...
    16 March 2012, 2:42 pm
  • 6 minutes 32 seconds
    HO. Crazies On The Plane
    Madness in the aisles...
    9 March 2012, 12:51 pm
  • 10 minutes 9 seconds
    HN. Barbette
    The great aerialist Barbette makes an wholly gratuitous appearance on the Math Factor, and a few quick puzzles.
    27 February 2012, 5:07 pm
  • 11 minutes 46 seconds
    HM. Five Cards
    Big math news, answers and a quick and easy puzzle.
    17 February 2012, 4:04 pm
  • 9 minutes 40 seconds
    HL. Bear Hunt
    Kyle stumps Chaim, and we revisit a neat twist on an old chestnut
    10 February 2012, 7:19 pm
  • 9 minutes 58 seconds
    HK. Spiders and Fly
    Another pursuit puzzle from the Math Factor
    3 February 2012, 12:47 pm
  • 7 minutes 11 seconds
    HJ. Strange Suitor
    An odd marriage proposal...
    27 January 2012, 1:21 pm
  • 6 minutes 58 seconds
    Hi! Getting Closer
    How close can we get to exactly one glass of water?
    16 January 2012, 8:16 pm
  • 11 minutes 46 seconds
    HH. Corpuscle Candy
    Hot piles of M&M's!
    11 January 2012, 8:23 pm
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