Numbers like e and Pi cannot be made using normal algebra. Featuring Australia's Numeracy Ambassador, Simon Pampena. Extra footage: http://youtu.be/dzerDfN2E7U Discussing transendental numbers, algebraic numbers, pi, e and other stuff. Simon's website: http://www.numbercrunch.com.au/ Root 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sKah3pJnHI Pi Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4870492ACBDC2E7C Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Google Plus: http://bit.ly/numberGplus Tumblr: http://numberphile.tumblr.com Videos by Brady Haran A run-down of Brady's channels: http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/here-are-my-channels.html