Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers Adam Spencer

TuneIn | Education by TED

Sep 3, 201300:17:03Technology

They're millions of digits long, and it takes an army of mathematicians and machines to hunt them down -- what's not to love about monster primes? Adam Spencer, comedian and lifelong math geek, shares his passion for the...

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