James Tanton: Can you solve the Big Bang riddle?

Can you solve the Big Bang riddle?

It's moments after the Big Bang and you're still reeling. You're a particle of matter, amidst a chaotic stew of forces, fusion, and annihilation. If you're lucky and avoid being destroyed by antimatter, you'll be the seed of a future galaxy. Can you ensure that you're the last particle standing? James Tanton shows how. [Directed by Igor Coric, Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu].

At the dawn of the universe, matter and antimatter clashed in a cosmic lottery where only one particle could survive. The odds seem random, but mathematical strategy quietly determines the last one standing. In a ring of thousands of matter and antimatter cubes, survival depends on understanding how paired annihilations unfold and using a logical sum to predict safety. Even in chaos, order emerges when the rules are understood and cleverly applied.