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James Borger

Here is a video about twelve of the most important concepts in number theory which I enjoyed back when I was first learning the concepts.

Trailers:
Proof, Miramax Films. Here (0:58 - don't blink)

Michel Cluizel


The following people are the only ones I'm aware of who have an Erdos-minus-Bacon number which is finite and larger than mine of 4-3=1 (at a minimum, and probably exactly).

Patrick Billingsley (mathematician) 4-2=2
John Hagelin (politician, physicist) 5-3=2
Danica McKellar (actor) 4-2=2
Natalie Portman (actor) 5-1=4
Carl Sagan (astronomer) 6-3=3
Kevin Warwick (cyberneticist) 4-2=2
Fred Alan Wolf (physicist) 5-3=2

If I continue acting, I might one day catch Carl Sagan, but I'm afraid Natalie Portman is beyond reach, unless she writes more papers. I should have considered this before writing a paper with Ben Wieland.