Francis Su: Math Is for Everybody

Quanta Magazine Season 2017 Episode 3

Overview:
Francis Su discusses how the community of mathematicians tends to exclude certain people.

Genre : Documentary, Animation

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Release Date : 2017-02-04

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Francis Su: Math Is for Everybody
3. Francis Su: Math Is for Everybody
Sylvia Serfaty: In Mathematics, ‘You Cannot Be Lied To’
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Tim Maudlin: A Defense of the Reality of Time
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