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What Does It Mean to Be a Number? (The Peano Axioms)

Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards offers ambitious content for viewers that are eager to attain a greater understanding of the world around them. Math is pervasive - a robust yet precise language - and with each episode you’ll begin to see the math that underpins everything in this puzzling, yet fascinating, universe.

What Does It Mean to Be a Number? (The Peano Axioms)

Season 2 Episode 11 | 9m 35s | CC

If you needed to tell someone what numbers are and how they work, without using the notion of number in your answer, could you do it?

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