Listen "Is Mathematics Mostly Chaos or Mostly Order?"
Episode Synopsis
As weird as it sounds, infinity comes in many shapes and sizes. And attempting to quantify it is sort of like a dog chasing its own tail. Or like infinities chasing infinities infinite numbers of times. But some mathematicians are obsessed with the quest.In this episode, host Samir Patel and ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข math editor Jordana Cepelewicz probe the bizarre edges of the mathematical universe, a realm *almost* impossible to put into words. This topic was covered by Greg Barber in a recent story for ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ.Each week on ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ editor in chief Samir Patel speaks with the people behind the award-winning publication to navigate through some of the most important and mind-expanding questions in science and math.
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