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MULTIVERSESAuthor: James Robinson
Coffee table conversations with people thinking about foundational issues. Multiverses explores the limits of knowledge and technology. Does quantum mechanics tell us that our world is one of many? Will AI make us intellectually lazy, or expand our cognitive range? Is time a thing in itself or a measure of change? Join James Robinson as he tries to find out. Language: en Genres: Philosophy, Physics, Science, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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A Story For Humanity — Minhyong Kim on Why Maths Will Never End
Episode 41
Monday, 9 February, 2026
Gauss famously described mathematics as the queen of the sciences. But how should we think of this discipline? Is it an aloof ruler, mysteriously governing the laws of nature? A vital tool for bettering our lot? Or a story that helps us understand nature? Professor Minhyong Kim directs the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences and the Centre for Mathematics for Humanity in Edinburgh. He is an accomplished number theorist — particularly within the field of diophantine equations (the Kim in Chabauty-Kim). And a best-selling author on popular mathematics in Korea.
