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Rationally Speaking #104 - Edward Frenkel on Love and Math
Rationally Speaking #104 - Edward Frenkel on Love and Math
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Mar 23, 2014
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Podcast episode
Description
Can you find beauty -- even romance -- in mathematics? Mathematician Edward Frenkel, author of "Love and Math," joins Rationally Speaking to talk about how the subject seduced him as a young man, and how he believes it's generally mis-taught in schools. Other topics include: the search for a "grand unified theory" of mathematics, and the splash Edward caused when he produced -- and starred in -- "Rites of Love and Math," a steamy short film about equations.
Released:
Mar 23, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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