Riemann prime distribution for dummies?

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I saw a documentary recently that talked about the distribution of prime numbers and their similarity to vibrations in a sphere of quartz when struck by metal ball bearings. I tried to look up Riemann online and was overloaded with advanced math. Is there a resource where I can find out more about this correlation between primes and the physical world, without being blown away by the math?
 
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Are you talking about the one with Alan Davies and Macus du Sautoy?
And no there isn't
 
CRGreathouse said:

i downloaded the .mp3 :smile: here's a site with various applets like those quicktime clips & more
http://web.viu.ca/pughg/RiemannZeta/RiemannZetaLong.html
 
btw that's the surprising(?) connection between discrete quantities (primes) & continuously variable ones.
 
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