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Aug 2021
53m 37s

Making Sense of Infinity - with Asaf Kar...

Brady Haran
About this episode

From high school drop-out to set theorist, Asaf Karagila shares his journey towards infinity.

Asaf is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of East Anglia.

Asaf's blog

Asaf's Twitter

Some Infinity stuff on Numberphile

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With thanks to MSRI

This episode was also made possible by the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship MR/T021705/1

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