The Numberphile Podcast

Making Sense of Infinity - with Asaf Karagila

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Show Notes

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 - http://karagila.org

Asaf's Twitter - https://twitter.com/AsafKaragila

Some Infinity stuff on Numberphile - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKORZ3UeTKlJiJa-89BBz3t

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With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org

This episode was also made possible by the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship - https://www.ukri.org/our-work/developing-people-and-skills/future-leaders-fellowships/

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship MR/T021705/1

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