TEDxTelAviv » Statistics

Arthur Benjamin Talks Mathematics

natalie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:40:01 +0000

“The world has changed from analog to digital – and it’s time for our mathematics curriculum to change too…”

In this short but powerful TEDTalk Mathematics Professor and Magician Arthur Benjamin proposes a bold alternative to Calculus as the “top of the mathematics curriculum pyramid”.

Discover it here:

Fighting Epidemics

maya — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:47:28 +0000

Two fascinating talks from TED2009 suggest early detection and prevention may hold the solution to ending epidemics.

Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering deadly new viruses where they first emerge — passing from animals to humans among poor subsistence hunters in Africa — before they claim millions of lives.

And in this talk, also by researcher Hans Rosling, new data visuals that untangle the complex risk factors of one of the world’s deadliest (and most misunderstood) diseases: HIV. He argues that preventing transmissions — not drug treatments — is the key to ending the epidemic.

TEDTalks Open Translation Project Just Launched and Hebrew Up There with the Most Translated To

maya — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:41:38 +0000

TED just launched the new Open Translation Project which brings TEDTalks beyond the English-speaking world by offering subtitles, interactive transcripts and the ability for any talk to be translated by volunteers worldwide.

The most translated TEDTalk (24 languages!) is this exciting talk by Hans Rosling, which with the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, debunks myths about the so-called “developing world”. To watch this with Hebrew translation go here.