Infinity is bigger than you think - Numberphile
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Published on Jul 6, 2012
Sometimes infinity is even bigger than you think... Dr James Grime explains with a little help from Georg Cantor.
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Minute Physics video on this topic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Qout... (somewhat more fast-paced... but we did film ours BEFORE his was uploaded, so similarities are coincidental... well actually, no they are not... we are all building upon Cantor's work!!)
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Grace McCulloch 2 days ago
Simply put... All the numbers from 0-1 are infinite right? So then the all the numbers from 0-3 must be an even bigger infinite then the other.
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Silver Jaiden 3 days ago
Infinity isn't a number

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TheDOMINO1111 12 minutes ago
then i will add 1 to that number just to make the scientist go mad
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Veronica Morley 1 hour ago
the new infinite is now expressed as pi
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Jesus Christ 2 hours ago
Interesting.... 
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MaDa Raouf 2 hours ago
after watching this video ...Simple fact is .. infinity = MIND FUCK O.O
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MrMidstream 4 hours ago
lol ya...sure...whatever it is you are trying to say Mr. Bubba Nuts!
xD xD xD
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Fernando Duarte López 6 hours ago
And you the one used only to fuck
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Fernando Duarte López 6 hours ago
And you the gut whose brain is a completely shit
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Fernando Duarte López 6 hours ago
IDIOT!
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MandrakeSauvignon 6 hours ago
What kind of freak shags numbers
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racingcarsmedia 8 hours ago
in number theory yes it would be wrong, however in reality, ie time/space, it wouldnt.
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