# 4000 years of numbers

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Robin Wilson
- Year: 2007
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/4000-years-numbers)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How did numbers arise? How were they written down? What does it mean to say that numbers are rational, complex, or transcendental? What is a number, anyway, and why did it take thousands of years to provide an answer?

## Lectures

1. [4000 years of numbers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/4000-years-numbers/326d9eec9344) (YouTube)