Podcast Episodes featuring Arthur Benjamin

Episode 125 - Arthur Benjamin

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria - September 12, 2016 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 923 ratings
Cara is joined in studio by the "Mathemagician" himself, Dr. Arthur Benjamin! He demonstrates some of the amazing feats of mental math found in his newest book, "The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why." They also discuss educational policy, including the power of fundamentals in ma...

3. Dr. Arthur Benjamin — The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why

The Michael Shermer Show - January 24, 2016 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examples—from ice cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squares—this book empowers you to see the beauty, simplicity, and truly magical properties behind those formulas ...

Arthur Benjamin, “The Magic of Math” (Basic Book, 2015)

New Books Network - September 30, 2015 14:42 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratings
Today we’ll be talking about The Magic of Math (Basic Books, 2015)by Arthur Benjamin. This is a book that has the gee-whiz feeling you got when you first encountered George Gamow’s classic One, Two, Three … Infinity, but brought up to date and with much more in the way of solid mathematics that s...