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For His Sporting Approach to Math, a Fields Medal
...does mathematics. He enjoys sharing his ideas with others, taking them apart and putting them back together as a group, being part of a team. His way of doing math...
He Dropped Out to Become a Poet. Now He’s Won a Fields Medal.
June Huh wasn’t interested in mathematics until a chance encounter during his sixth year of college. Now his profound insights connecting combinatorics and geometry have led to math’s highest honor....
In Times of Scarcity, War and Peace, a Ukrainian Finds the Magic in Math
...instead of playing like the other kids. Natalie did not look forward to getting the same math teacher as her older sister. “Her math teacher became my math teacher,” Natalie...
Can Computers Be Mathematicians?
...programming language. (12:32) So, where does the mathematics go? Well, in 2017, they decided that this new mathematics library was born. It was called mathlib, Lean’s mathematics library. And at...
How to Weigh Truth With a Balance Scale
How to Weigh Truth With a Balance Scale and Math In recreational mathematics, the balance scale is an endless source of puzzles that require precise and elaborate logic and teach...
An Immunologist Fights Covid with Tweets and a Nasal Spray
...that I met a math teacher who instilled this interest and excitement for math in me. I started taking more math classes and decided that maybe I’ll go into science...
What Is Life?
...into some of the biggest unanswered questions in math and science today. In this episode, we’re going to be talking about what it means to be alive. What is life?...
Surfaces Beyond Imagination Are Discovered After Decades-Long Search
Unimaginable Surfaces Discovered After Decades-Long Search Using ideas borrowed from graph theory, two mathematicians have shown that extremely complex surfaces are easy to traverse. Last July, two mathematicians from Durham...
How Could Life Evolve From Cyanide?
...the biggest unanswered questions in science and math today. In this episode, we’re going to be looking at our best current understanding of the origin of life. How did life...