Download The Great Courses – Mind-Bending Math: Riddles and Paradoxes 2021-5

Description

Mind-Bending Math: Riddles and Paradoxes, a course on Riddles and Paradoxes in Math is published by Great Courses Academy. The great mathematical puzzles and paradoxes have a long and famous history of serving as both tests and games for intellectual thinkers around the world. These riddles and paradoxes, which have passed through the halls of the university and been studied in depth by researchers, students and amateurs, have brought frustration and joy to those who seek intellectual challenges. Furthermore, we know very well that brain exercises are just as important as physical exercises to stay fit. Mentally trying to solve a good puzzle, even when the answer seems far away, can help improve your ability to focus.

Now, in the twenty-fourth speech lesson from the series of speech lessons about the mathematics of the mind: Riddle and paradoxes, you will explore the countless puzzles that have troubled even the greatest thinkers of our history and have challenged the philosophical, mathematical and scientific minds. who are trying to solve them, they have involved themselves. You will learn how to explore and solve these famous puzzles. When it comes to exploring topics like space-time bending and topological universes, you need a knowledgeable and passionate mentor who you will experience with the course instructor. He makes each lesson fun with riddles, real life stories and makes this lesson one of the most interesting and fun math lessons out there. This enchanting path forces you to think about everything from fascinating paradoxes to potential pitfalls in buying apples, using basic logic and mathematical principles as the basic interface for solving exciting and mind-bending puzzles.

What you will learn

Zeno’s amazing argument that motion is impossible
A compelling mystery of infinity, which was not solved until the 1900s
strange ring Gödelproving that no central system works for proving mathematical theorems
The Banach–Tarski paradox proves that it is possible to cut a ball and make the pieces into two balls, each the same size as the original ball.
More mental math games that have endured over time, including Liar’s Paradox, The Prisoner’s Problem, and The Monty Hall Problem