The Strangeness of Infinity: From Cantor to Conway | Odd Salon PROOF 5/6
Channel: Odd Salon
Date: 2019-08-06

Few topics in mathematics are as weird, counterintuitive, mind-bending, and paradoxical as those that deal with infinity. At Odd Salon, we'll dive into Georg Cantor’s universe of cardinal and ordinal numbers as well as John Horton Conway’s surreal numbers.

Roger Antonsen ~ The Strangeness of Infinity: From Cantor to Conway

Odd Salon PROOF: Six stories of compelling evidence and undeniable corroboration, of credible theories and inferential arguments, and the measure of truth and spirits

Recorded live Tuesday, June 4th 2019 at Public Works, San Francisco, CA

Curated by Isolde Honoré
Edit, Camera, Post production: John Adams
Sound: Steen

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