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The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics

The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics

FromThe Art of Mathematics


The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics

FromThe Art of Mathematics

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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
May 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Saleem Watson discusses the mysterious way math predicts the natural world. Much of math is invented, and yet there are many examples of cases in which purely abstract math, developed with no reference to the natural world, later is found to make accurate and useful models and predictions of the physical world.

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Released:
May 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Conversations, explorations, conjectures solved and unsolved, mathematicians and beautiful mathematics. No math background required.