Posts Tagged ‘Mathematics’
The History of Mathematics
Mathematics is the Empress of the Sciences. Without her, there would be no physics, nor chemistry, nor cosmology. Any field of study depending on statistics, geometry, or any kind of calculation would simply cease to be. And then, there are the practical applications: without maths theres no architecture. No commerce. No accurate maps, or time-keeping: [...]
To Infinity and Beyond
By our third year, most of us will have learned to count. Once we know how, it seems as if there would be nothing to stop us counting forever. But, while infinity might seem like a perfectly innocent idea, keep counting and you enter a paradoxical world where nothing is as it seems. Mathematicians have [...]
Dangerous Knowledge
This documentary looks at four brilliant mathematicians – Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing – whose genius has profoundly affected us, but which tragically drove them insane and eventually led to them all committing suicide. Dangerous Knowledge tackles some of the profound questions about the true nature of reality that mathematical thinkers [...]
Mathematical Infinity and Human Destiny
There are two approaches to mathematical infinity. It can be seen as defining limiting cases that can never be realized or as existing in some philosophical sense. These mathematical approaches parallel approaches to meaning and value that I call absolutist and evolutionary. The absolutist sees ultimate meaning as something that exists most commonly in the [...]
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College Inc.
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Cyber Warfare: Fighting in the Fifth Dimension
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Occupy: The Movie
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2012: Time For Change
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Inside the Mind of Google
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