Why Beauty is Truth - A short history of symmetry podcast

Competitive mathematics in Renaissance Italy

5/8/2007

Why Beauty is Truth - A short history of symmetry

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In this episode Professor Ian Stewart describes how the scandalous world of competitive mathematics in renaissance Italy encouraged the development of our understanding of equations, algebra and laid the foundations for our modern understanding of symmetry.

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Competitive mathematics in Renaissance Italy

Why Beauty is Truth - A short history of symmetry

More episodes from "Why Beauty is Truth - A short history of symmetry"

Symmetry, string theory and an equation for everything (plus - could we be living in an asymmetrical universe?)

Symmetry and Quantum Mechanics

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Competitive mathematics in Renaissance Italy

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