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Michio Kaku says that God could be a mathematician: "The mind of God we believe is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace. That is the mind of God."
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Some people ask the question "Of what good is math?" What is the relationship between math and physics? Well, sometimes math leads. Sometimes physics leads. Sometimes they come together because, of course, there's a use for the mathematics. For example, in the 1600s Isaac Newton asked a simple question: if an apple falls then does the moon also fall? That is perhaps one of the greatest questions ever asked by a member of Homo sapiens since the six million years since we parted ways with the apes. If an apple falls, does the moon also fall?
Isaac Newton said yes, the moon falls because of the Inverse Square Law. So does an apple. He had a unified theory of the heavens, but he didn't have the mathematics to solve the falling moon problem. So what did he do? He invented calculus. So calculus is a direct consequence of solving the falling moon problem. In fact, when you learn calculus for the first time, what is the first thing you do? The first thing you do with calculus is you calculate the motion of falling bodies, which is exactly how Newton calculated the falling moon, which opened up celestial mechanics.
So here is a situation where math and physics were almost conjoined like Siamese twins, born together for a very practical question, how do you calculate the motion of celestial bodies? Then here comes Einstein asking a different question and that is, what is the nature and origin of gravity? Einstein said that gravity is nothing but the byproduct of curved space. So why am I sitting in this chair? A normal person would say I'm sitting in this chair because gravity pulls me to the ground, but Einstein said no, no, no, there is no such thing as gravitational pull; the earth has curved the space over my head and around my body, so space is pushing me into my chair. So to summarize Einstein's theory, gravity does not pull; space pushes. But, you see, the pushing of the fabric of space and time requires differential calculus. That is the language of curved surfaces, differential calculus, which you learn in fourth year calculus.
So again, here is a situation where math and physics were very closely combined, but this time math came first. The theory of curved surfaces came first. Einstein took that theory of curved surfaces and then imported it into physics.
Now we have string theory. It turns out that 100 years ago math and physics parted ways. In fact, when Einstein proposed special relativity in 1905, that was also around the time of the birth of topology, the topology of hyper-dimensional objects, spheres in 10, 11, 12, 26, whatever dimension you want, so physics and mathematics parted ways. Math went into hyperspace and mathematicians said to themselves, aha, finally we have found an area of mathematics that has no physical application whatsoever. Mathematicians pride themselves on being useless. They love being useless. It's a badge of courage being useless, and they said the most useless thing of all is a theory of differential topology and higher dimensions.
Well, physics plotted along for many decades. We worked out atomic bombs. We worked out stars. We worked out laser beams, but recently we discovered string theory, and string theory exists in 10 and 11 dimensional hyperspace. Not only that, but these dimensions are super. They're super symmetric. A new kind of numbers that mathematicians never talked about evolved within string theory. That's how we call it "super string theory." Well, the mathematicians were floored. They were shocked because all of a sudden out of physics came new mathematics, super numbers, super topology, super differential geometry.
All of a sudden we had super symmetric theories coming out of physics that then revolutionized mathematics, and so the goal of physics we believe is to find an equation perhaps no more than one inch long which will allow us to unify all the forces of nature and allow us to read the mind of God. And what is the key to that one inch equation? Super symmetry, a symmetry that comes out of physics, not mathematics, and has shocked the world of mathematics. But you see, all this is pure mathematics and so the final resolution could be that God is a mathematician. And when you read the mind of God, we actually have a candidate for the mind of God. The mind of God we believe is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace. That is the mind of God.
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Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he’s working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED’s Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers.
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- published: 25 Sep 2015
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Mathematician Jacob Lurie is creating a novel conceptual foundation for derived algebraic geometry (DAG) and rewriting large swathes of mathematics from a new point of view.
The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/Fellows.
- published: 17 Sep 2014
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How do mathematicians work? We’re not asking whether they run on sandwiches or rocket fuel, but rather, “How is a mathematician’s work done?” Is it like the movies, where a tortured professor scribbles equations all over a blackboard before falling into despair? Probably not so. The problems of mathematics are becoming increasingly complex, and while some mathematicians prefer to work alone, more find it to be a group effort. Many have also found that the internet had greatly aided the ability for mathematicians worldwide to keep in touch and solve problems.
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- published: 19 Feb 2015
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Benjamin makes numbers dance. In his day job, he's a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College; in his other day job, he's a "Mathemagician," taking the stage to perform high-speed mental calculations, memorisations and other astounding mathematic stunts. It's part of his drive to teach math and mental agility in interesting ways, following in the footsteps of such heroes as Martin Gardner.
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- published: 08 Apr 2013
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The 44-minute film contains a rare interview with Paul Halmos by Peter Renz, revealing his thoughts on mathematics, and how to teach it and write about it. Five bonus features include comments by
mathematicians Robert Bekes, David Eisenbud, Jean Pedersen, and Donald Sarason about their
experiences with Halmos. Interviews with Halmos by Don Albers and Halmos's own writings are included as PDF documents.
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- published: 04 Mar 2009
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French mathematician Cedric Villani, winner of the Fields Medal tells us about the mathematical journey to a theorem.
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- published: 12 Mar 2015
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Interview with Terence Tao (born 17 July 1975, Adelaide) a Chinese-American mathematician . He became the youngest person there ever promoted to full professor at the age of 24 . Terry's IQ has been assessed as between 230 and 240 .
- published: 26 Dec 2014
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Mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematics is concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models and change.
History
One of the earliest known mathematicians was Thales of Miletus (c. 624–c.546 BC); he has been hailed as the first true mathematician and the first known individual to whom a mathematical discovery has been attributed. He is credited with the first use of deductive reasoning applied to geometry, by deriving four corollaries to Thales' Theorem.
The number of known mathematicians grew when Pythagoras of Samos (c. 582–c. 507 BC) established the Pythagorean School, whose doctrine it was that mathematics ruled the universe and whose motto was "All is number". It was the Pythagoreans who coined the term "mathematics", and with whom the study of mathematics for its own sake begins.
The first woman mathematician recorded by history was Hypatia of Alexandria (AD 350 - 415). She succeeded her father as Librarian at the Great Library and wrote many works on applied mathematics. Because of a political dispute, the Christian community in Alexandria punished her, presuming she was involved, by stripping her naked and scraping off her skin with clamshells (some say roofing tiles).
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Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku (/ˈmiːtʃioʊ ˈkɑːkuː/; born January 24, 1947) is a Japanese-American futurist, theoretical physicist and popularizer of science. Kaku is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York. He has written several books about physics and related topics, has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film, and writes online blogs and articles. He has written three New York Times Best Sellers: Physics of the Impossible (2008), Physics of the Future (2011), and The Future of the Mind (2014). Kaku has hosted several TV specials for the BBC, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and the Science Channel.
Early life and education
Kaku was born in San Jose, California, to Japanese American parents. His father, born in California and educated in both Japan and the United States, was fluent in Japanese and English. Both his parents were interned in the Tule Lake War Relocation Center during World War II, where they met and where his older brother was born.
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Paul Halmos
Paul Richard Halmos (Hungarian: Halmos Pál; March 3, 1916 – October 2, 2006) was a Hungarian-Jewish-born American mathematician who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces). He was also recognized as a great mathematical expositor.
Early life and education
Halmos arrived in the U.S. at 13 years of age, but never lost his Hungarian accent. Halmos obtained his B.A. from the University of Illinois, majoring in mathematics, but fulfilling the requirements for both a math and philosophy degree. He took only three years to obtain the degree, and was only 19 when he graduated. He then began a Ph.D. in philosophy; but, after failing his masters' oral exams, he shifted to mathematics, graduating in 1938. Joseph L. Doob supervised his dissertation, titled Invariants of Certain Stochastic Transformations: The Mathematical Theory of Gambling Systems.
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18:39Billionaire Mathematician - Numberphile
Billionaire Mathematician - NumberphileBillionaire Mathematician - Numberphile
Full length version of this interview (one hour): https://youtu.be/QNznD9hMEh0 More about The Simons Foundation: http://bit.ly/SimonsFoundation James Harris Simons has been described as "the world's smartest billionaire", amassing a fortune through the clever use of mathematics and computers. He is now a renowned philanthropist. Chern-Simons paper: http://bit.ly/ChernSimons NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): http://bit.ly/MSRINumberphile Videos by Brady Haran Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Brady's videos subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/ A run-down of Brady's channels: http://www.bradyharan.com Sign up for (occasional) emails: http://eepurl.com/YdjL9 -
5:34Michio Kaku: Is God a Mathematician?
Michio Kaku: Is God a Mathematician?Michio Kaku: Is God a Mathematician?
Don't miss new Big Think videos! Subscribe by clicking here: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Michio Kaku says that God could be a mathematician: "The mind of God we believe is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace. That is the mind of God." Transcript-- Some people ask the question "Of what good is math?" What is the relationship between math and physics? Well, sometimes math leads. Sometimes physics leads. Sometimes they come together because, of course, there's a use for the mathematics. For example, in the 1600s Isaac Newton asked a simple question: if an apple falls then does the moon also fall? That is perhaps one of the greatest questions ever asked by a member of Homo sapiens since the six million years since we parted ways with the apes. If an apple falls, does the moon also fall? Isaac Newton said yes, the moon falls because of the Inverse Square Law. So does an apple. He had a unified theory of the heavens, but he didn't have the mathematics to solve the falling moon problem. So what did he do? He invented calculus. So calculus is a direct consequence of solving the falling moon problem. In fact, when you learn calculus for the first time, what is the first thing you do? The first thing you do with calculus is you calculate the motion of falling bodies, which is exactly how Newton calculated the falling moon, which opened up celestial mechanics. So here is a situation where math and physics were almost conjoined like Siamese twins, born together for a very practical question, how do you calculate the motion of celestial bodies? Then here comes Einstein asking a different question and that is, what is the nature and origin of gravity? Einstein said that gravity is nothing but the byproduct of curved space. So why am I sitting in this chair? A normal person would say I'm sitting in this chair because gravity pulls me to the ground, but Einstein said no, no, no, there is no such thing as gravitational pull; the earth has curved the space over my head and around my body, so space is pushing me into my chair. So to summarize Einstein's theory, gravity does not pull; space pushes. But, you see, the pushing of the fabric of space and time requires differential calculus. That is the language of curved surfaces, differential calculus, which you learn in fourth year calculus. So again, here is a situation where math and physics were very closely combined, but this time math came first. The theory of curved surfaces came first. Einstein took that theory of curved surfaces and then imported it into physics. Now we have string theory. It turns out that 100 years ago math and physics parted ways. In fact, when Einstein proposed special relativity in 1905, that was also around the time of the birth of topology, the topology of hyper-dimensional objects, spheres in 10, 11, 12, 26, whatever dimension you want, so physics and mathematics parted ways. Math went into hyperspace and mathematicians said to themselves, aha, finally we have found an area of mathematics that has no physical application whatsoever. Mathematicians pride themselves on being useless. They love being useless. It's a badge of courage being useless, and they said the most useless thing of all is a theory of differential topology and higher dimensions. Well, physics plotted along for many decades. We worked out atomic bombs. We worked out stars. We worked out laser beams, but recently we discovered string theory, and string theory exists in 10 and 11 dimensional hyperspace. Not only that, but these dimensions are super. They're super symmetric. A new kind of numbers that mathematicians never talked about evolved within string theory. That's how we call it "super string theory." Well, the mathematicians were floored. They were shocked because all of a sudden out of physics came new mathematics, super numbers, super topology, super differential geometry. All of a sudden we had super symmetric theories coming out of physics that then revolutionized mathematics, and so the goal of physics we believe is to find an equation perhaps no more than one inch long which will allow us to unify all the forces of nature and allow us to read the mind of God. And what is the key to that one inch equation? Super symmetry, a symmetry that comes out of physics, not mathematics, and has shocked the world of mathematics. But you see, all this is pure mathematics and so the final resolution could be that God is a mathematician. And when you read the mind of God, we actually have a candidate for the mind of God. The mind of God we believe is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace. That is the mind of God. Directed / Produced by Jonathan Fowler & Elizabeth Rodd -
23:08A Rare Interview with the Mathematician Who Cracked Wall Street | Jim Simons | TED Talks
A Rare Interview with the Mathematician Who Cracked Wall Street | Jim Simons | TED TalksA Rare Interview with the Mathematician Who Cracked Wall Street | Jim Simons | TED Talks
Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he’s working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED’s Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector -
3:32Mathematician Jacob Lurie, 2014 MacArthur Fellow
Mathematician Jacob Lurie, 2014 MacArthur FellowMathematician Jacob Lurie, 2014 MacArthur Fellow
Mathematician Jacob Lurie is creating a novel conceptual foundation for derived algebraic geometry (DAG) and rewriting large swathes of mathematics from a new point of view. The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/Fellows. -
4:08How Is A Mathematician’s Work Done?
How Is A Mathematician’s Work Done?How Is A Mathematician’s Work Done?
How do mathematicians work? We’re not asking whether they run on sandwiches or rocket fuel, but rather, “How is a mathematician’s work done?” Is it like the movies, where a tortured professor scribbles equations all over a blackboard before falling into despair? Probably not so. The problems of mathematics are becoming increasingly complex, and while some mathematicians prefer to work alone, more find it to be a group effort. Many have also found that the internet had greatly aided the ability for mathematicians worldwide to keep in touch and solve problems. Watch the Full Program Here: https://youtu.be/_PnnzB-1LcI Original Program Date: June 3, 2011 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for all the latest from WSF. Visit our Website: http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldsciencefestival Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/WorldSciFest -
15:04Faster than a calculator | Arthur Benjamin | TEDxOxford
Faster than a calculator | Arthur Benjamin | TEDxOxfordFaster than a calculator | Arthur Benjamin | TEDxOxford
Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB Benjamin makes numbers dance. In his day job, he's a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College; in his other day job, he's a "Mathemagician," taking the stage to perform high-speed mental calculations, memorisations and other astounding mathematic stunts. It's part of his drive to teach math and mental agility in interesting ways, following in the footsteps of such heroes as Martin Gardner. TEDxOxford is organised by University of Oxford students, aiming to bring together the young minds of tomorrow's world with the movers and shakers of today. TEDxOxford is kindly sponsored by Neptune Investment Management - http://www.neptunefunds.com In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations) -
3:14I Want to Be a Mathematician: A conversation with Paul Halmos - trailer
I Want to Be a Mathematician: A conversation with Paul Halmos - trailerI Want to Be a Mathematician: A conversation with Paul Halmos - trailer
The 44-minute film contains a rare interview with Paul Halmos by Peter Renz, revealing his thoughts on mathematics, and how to teach it and write about it. Five bonus features include comments by mathematicians Robert Bekes, David Eisenbud, Jean Pedersen, and Donald Sarason about their experiences with Halmos. Interviews with Halmos by Don Albers and Halmos's own writings are included as PDF documents. www.maa.org www.zalafilms.com -
7:22Let yourself flow through the equations says mathematician Cedric Villani - Newsnight
Let yourself flow through the equations says mathematician Cedric Villani - NewsnightLet yourself flow through the equations says mathematician Cedric Villani - Newsnight
French mathematician Cedric Villani, winner of the Fields Medal tells us about the mathematical journey to a theorem. Follow @BBCNewsnight on Twitter https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Like BBC Newsnight on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight -
6:11Interview With The Smartest Man In The World
Interview With The Smartest Man In The WorldInterview With The Smartest Man In The World
Interview with Terence Tao (born 17 July 1975, Adelaide) a Chinese-American mathematician . He became the youngest person there ever promoted to full professor at the age of 24 . Terry's IQ has been assessed as between 230 and 240 . -
4:32Sex Mathematician Clio Cresswell: Women’s Hormone Equations vs. Men’s Hormone Equ... - CONAN on TBS
Sex Mathematician Clio Cresswell: Women’s Hormone Equations vs. Men’s Hormone Equ... - CONAN on TBSSex Mathematician Clio Cresswell: Women’s Hormone Equations vs. Men’s Hormone Equ... - CONAN on TBS
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'Mathematician' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Dendrologium (2013)
Actors: Vlasto Peyitch (actor), Romanus Fuhrmann (actor), Frank Kallinowski (actor), Laila Maria Witt (actress), Peter Brownbill (actor), Martin Heesch (actor), Lyly Schoettle (actress), Leonard Benhaus (actor), Rafael Stemplewski (writer), Rafael Stemplewski (actor), Karen Lauenstein (actress), Amin Azam (actor), Amin Azam (writer), Krzysztof Rogacewicz (actor), Amin Azam (director),
Plot: The Searcher, a guy who left his old life in search of the Sweet Fruits, sets out to travel into the world. In the very beginning he meets the forester, who seems to have the answer to all his questions. Unfortunately the Searcher doesn't understand anything the forester says, so he has to consult with the wise men of this world in the hope that they can give him the answers he is looking for. His Odyssey leads him on dangerous adventures around the globe until he can finally meet his destiny and uncover the secret of the Sweet Fruits.
Keywords: existentialism, legend, magic, meaning-of-life, mythology, philosophy, saga, seekerGenres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery,
Until Sadie Blotz (2012)
Actors: Melissa Godoy (director), Melissa Godoy (editor), Melissa Godoy (producer), Harold Ott (actor), Michael A. Jones (producer), Damon Sink (composer), Michael A. Jones (actor), Lew Wehmeier (actor), Margie Neiheisel Conrady (actor), Marguerite Whitney (actor), Julian Levy (actor), Rita Meyer (actor), Joe Gramaglia (actor), Ethel Shuch (actor), Shaelyn Kamp (actor),
Plot: A cranky new resident at a nursing home opens a forbidden door and is transported back to a day in her life to take care of unfinished business. This humorous narrative short was created by an ensemble of people with Alzheimer's disease. A making-of documentary shows how they did it.
Genres: Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Family, Short,Rites of Love and Math (2010)
Actors: Thomas Bertay (editor), Edward Frenkel (writer), Edward Frenkel (producer), Edward Frenkel (actor), Edward Frenkel (director), Reine Graves (writer), Reine Graves (director), Reine Graves (producer), Kayshonne Insixieng May (actor), Tatsuki Thomas Takino (costume designer), Masako King (producer), Alex Freedland (producer),
Plot: Is there a mathematical formula for love without death? The film 'Rites of Love and Math' is a sprawling allegory about Truth and Beauty, Love and Death, Mathematics and Tattoo, set on the stage of Japanese Noh theater. About the directors: Edward Frenkel is Professor of Mathematics at University of California at Berkeley and one of the leading mathematical physicists in the world. Reine Graves is a talented French filmmaker who has directed a number of original and controversial films that have won prestigious awards. Having met in Paris, Frenkel and Graves decided to create a film showing the beauty of mathematics. But how to do this without getting bogged down in technical details of the subject that could scare away non-specialists? Looking for the right metaphor, they came across the idea of making the tattoo of a mathematical formula. What better way to show the beauty of the formula than by letting it merge - literally - with beautiful female body! They found the aesthetic language for expressing this allegory in the enigmatic film 'Rites of Love and Death' (a.k.a. 'Patriotism') by the great Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, which had a very unusual and mysterious history of its own (banned for over 40 years, it came out on DVD in the Criterion Collection in 2008). The exquisite imagery of Mishima's film and the original idea of Frenkel and Graves have led to the creation of 'Rites of Love and Math.'
Genres: Drama, Short,Taglines: Is there a mathematical formula of love without death?
The Secret (2006)
Actors: Shaun Miller (miscellaneous crew), Bryce Menzies (miscellaneous crew), Johann Benét (actor), Antonio Cupo (actor), Michael Beckwith (actor), Paul Dawber (actor), David Cameron (miscellaneous crew), Damian McLindon (director), Neale Donald Walsch (actor), Natalie Walker (actress), Dan Purdey (actor), Peter Stefanou (actor), Tom Booth (actor), Patrick Constantinou (actor), Drew Heriot (director),
Plot: The Secret is a feature length movie presentation which reveals The Great Secret of the universe. It has been passed throughout the ages, traveling through centuries... This is The Secret to everything - the secret to unlimited joy, health, money, relationships, love, youth: everything you have ever wanted. All the resources you will ever need to understand and live The Secret. The world's leading scientists, authors, and philosophers will reveal The Secret that utterly transformed the lives of every person who ever knew it... Plato, Newton, Carnegie, Beethoven, Shakespeare, Einstein.
Keywords: african-man, airplane-crash, aladdin's-lamp, art-director, author, baby, bicycle-as-gift, black-cat, boy, breast-cancerGenres: Documentary,
Taglines: The Secret has traveled through centuries ...to reach you.
Quotes:
[first lines]::Rhonda Byrne: A year ago, my life had collapsed around me. I'd worked myself into exhaustion. My father died suddenly, and my relationships were in turmoil. Little did I know at the time, out of my greatest despair was to come the greatest gift. I'd been given a glimpse of a great Secret.Bob Proctor: Whatever is going on in your mind you are attracting to you.
Mike Dooley: That principal can be summed up in three simple words. Thoughts. Become. Things.
Lisa Nichols: The law of attraction is really obedient. When you think of the things that you want, and you focus on them with all of your intention, the law of attraction will give you what you want every time.
Bob Proctor: Now, if you don't understand it, that doesn't mean that you should reject it. You don't understand electricity probably. First of all, no one even knows what electricity is. And yet you enjoy the benefits of it. Do you know how it works? I don't know how it works. But I do know this: that you can cook a man's dinner with electricity; and you can also cook the man.
Michael Beckwith: It has been proven now, scientifically, that an affirmative thought is hundreds of times more powerful than a negative thought.
Joe Vitale: This is like having the universe as your catalogue.
Michael Beckwith: This is a feeling universe.
Bob Proctor: I have been studying me for 44 years. I - mwah! I want to kiss myself.
Bob Proctor: I don't care what city you're living in. You've got enough power in your body, potential power, to illuminate the whole city for nearly a week.
The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
Actors: Brad Dourif (actor), Werner Herzog (writer), Werner Herzog (director), Joe Bini (editor), Andre Singer (producer), Christine Le Goff (producer), Lucki Stipetic (producer), Cynthia Shapiro (miscellaneous crew), Ernst Reijseger (composer), Jean-François Boyer (miscellaneous crew), Greg Jurls (miscellaneous crew), Norm Hill (producer), Tom Koykka (miscellaneous crew), Bobbie Ferguson (miscellaneous crew), Shannon Lucid (actress),
Genres: Sci-Fi,Quotes:
The Alien: You know, our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfathers were fine scientists, but the journey was long and boring and when we got here, hundreds of hundreds and hundreds and hundreda and hundreds of years later, those of us who arrived here just... sucked.The Alien: You see aliens as these technologically-advanced super-beings who destroy New York city in two minutes flat. Well I hate to say this, but we aliens all suck.
The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
Actors: Brad Dourif (actor), Werner Herzog (writer), Werner Herzog (director), Joe Bini (editor), Andre Singer (producer), Christine Le Goff (producer), Lucki Stipetic (producer), Cynthia Shapiro (miscellaneous crew), Ernst Reijseger (composer), Jean-François Boyer (miscellaneous crew), Greg Jurls (miscellaneous crew), Norm Hill (producer), Tom Koykka (miscellaneous crew), Bobbie Ferguson (miscellaneous crew), Shannon Lucid (actress),
Genres: Sci-Fi,Quotes:
The Alien: You know, our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfathers were fine scientists, but the journey was long and boring and when we got here, hundreds of hundreds and hundreds and hundreda and hundreds of years later, those of us who arrived here just... sucked.The Alien: You see aliens as these technologically-advanced super-beings who destroy New York city in two minutes flat. Well I hate to say this, but we aliens all suck.
Morons from Outer Space (1985)
Actors: Mel Smith (actor), Diana Dill (miscellaneous crew), Mel Smith (writer), Miriam Margolyes (actress), Griff Rhys Jones (writer), Verity Lambert (producer), Ronnie Stevens (actor), James Sikking (actor), Shane Rimmer (actor), André Maranne (actor), Roger Hammond (actor), Griff Rhys Jones (actor), Leslie Grantham (actor), George Innes (actor), Mark Lewis Jones (actor),
Plot: The story begins when three aliens get a bit hacked off at their 'friend' Bernard, who keeps making a prat of himself playing space ball. It is while he is playing space ball that the others start playing around with the space ship controls. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by...
Keywords: alien, america, b-movie, cult-film, cult-film, cult-film, england, independent-film, intentionally-bad, male-frontal-nudityGenres: Comedy, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: An incredible saga or love & hate that spans an entire universe. One Giant Leap ... BACKWARDS! They came, They saw, They did a little shopping
Quotes:
Television Presenter: [Referring to the Morons]... Commander Madison added that they were highly-intelligent and potentially dangerous...::Bernard: [Disgusted] *HIGHLY* INTELLIGENT?The Force Beyond (1978)
Actors: Orson Welles (actor), Ed Herlihy (actor), Joe King (actor), Robert O. Ragland (composer), Edward L. Montoro (producer), William Sachs (writer), William Sachs (director), William Sachs (editor), William Sachs (miscellaneous crew), Steven Brand (miscellaneous crew), Peter Roberts (actor), Donn Davison (writer), Donn Davison (actor), Donn Davison (producer), Donn Davison (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Documentary,Taglines: Who Really Determines The Fate Of Mankind? Be prepared for a new force to enter your life...and your mind! Countless centuries ago are forebearers left this planet and traveled to the edges of the universe...--Now they want it back! Each year 1,000 people disappear from the face of the earth without a trace. Where? Why?
Galileo (1975)
Actors: Charles Laughton (writer), Joseph Losey (writer), Colin Blakely (actor), Patrick Magee (actor), Clive Revill (actor), Bertolt Brecht (writer), John Savident (actor), Michael Lonsdale (actor), Vernon Dobtcheff (actor), Edward Fox (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Tom Conti (actor), Michael Gough (actor), Richard Hartley (composer), Hanns Eisler (composer),
Plot: This bio-pic is about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him in conflict with the Catholic Church. By threatening him with torture, the Church forced him to recant his views in front of a tribunal, and sentenced him to house arrest. However, Galileo's trials and theories inspired others like Newton and Kepler to prove that the Earth was not the centre of the Universe. Some years ago, the Pope accepted that Earth does revolve around the Sun and issued a rare apology for what the Church had done to Galileo, i.e., the Catholic Church recanted!
Keywords: 17th-century, based-on-play, belief, boy, cardinal, catholic, catholic-church, catholicism, character-name-in-title, foreign-language-adaptationGenres: Biography, Drama,
Quotes:
Andrea Sarti: [upon Galileo's recantation] Unhappy is the land that has no heroes.::Galileo Galilei: Incorrect. Unhappy is the land that *needs* a hero.Le due facce del dollaro (1967)
Actors: Maurice Poli (actor), Claudio Ruffini (actor), Artemio Antonini (actor), Maurice Poli (actor), Calisto Calisti (actor), Ennio Balbo (actor), Fortunato Arena (actor), Tom Felleghy (actor), Jacques Herlin (actor), Andrea Bosic (actor), Valentino Macchi (actor), Mario Maranzana (actor), Osiride Pevarello (actor), Maurice Poli (actor), Andrea Scotti (actor),
Genres: Western,-
Billionaire Mathematician - Numberphile
Full length version of this interview (one hour): https://youtu.be/QNznD9hMEh0 More about The Simons Foundation: http://bit.ly/SimonsFoundation James Harris Simons has been described as "the world's smartest billionaire", amassing a fortune through the clever use of mathematics and computers. He is now a renowned philanthropist. Chern-Simons paper: http://bit.ly/ChernSimons NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): http://bit.ly/MSRINumberphile Videos by Brady Haran Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Brady's videos subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/ A... -
Michio Kaku: Is God a Mathematician?
Don't miss new Big Think videos! Subscribe by clicking here: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Michio Kaku says that God could be a mathematician: "The mind of God we believe is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace. That is the mind of God." Transcript-- Some people ask the question "Of what good is math?" What is the relationship between math and physics? Well, sometimes math leads. Sometimes physics leads. Sometimes they come together because, of course, there's a use for the mathematics. For example, in the 1600s Isaac Newton asked a simple question: if an apple falls then does the moon also fall? That is perhaps one of the greatest questions ever asked by a member of Homo sapiens since the six million years since we parted ways with the apes. If ... -
A Rare Interview with the Mathematician Who Cracked Wall Street | Jim Simons | TED Talks
Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he’s working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED’s Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.co... -
Mathematician Jacob Lurie, 2014 MacArthur Fellow
Mathematician Jacob Lurie is creating a novel conceptual foundation for derived algebraic geometry (DAG) and rewriting large swathes of mathematics from a new point of view. The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/Fellows. -
How Is A Mathematician’s Work Done?
How do mathematicians work? We’re not asking whether they run on sandwiches or rocket fuel, but rather, “How is a mathematician’s work done?” Is it like the movies, where a tortured professor scribbles equations all over a blackboard before falling into despair? Probably not so. The problems of mathematics are becoming increasingly complex, and while some mathematicians prefer to work alone, more find it to be a group effort. Many have also found that the internet had greatly aided the ability for mathematicians worldwide to keep in touch and solve problems. Watch the Full Program Here: https://youtu.be/_PnnzB-1LcI Original Program Date: June 3, 2011 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for all the latest from WSF. Visit our Website: http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/ Like us on Facebook: ... -
Faster than a calculator | Arthur Benjamin | TEDxOxford
Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB Benjamin makes numbers dance. In his day job, he's a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College; in his other day job, he's a "Mathemagician," taking the stage to perform high-speed mental calculations, memorisations and other astounding mathematic stunts. It's part of his drive to teach math and mental agility in interesting ways, following in the footsteps of such heroes as Martin Gardner. TEDxOxford is organised by University of Oxford students, aiming to bring together the young minds of tomorrow's world with the movers and shakers of today. TEDxOxford is kindly sponsored by Neptune Investment Management - http://www.neptunefunds.com In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-o... -
I Want to Be a Mathematician: A conversation with Paul Halmos - trailer
The 44-minute film contains a rare interview with Paul Halmos by Peter Renz, revealing his thoughts on mathematics, and how to teach it and write about it. Five bonus features include comments by mathematicians Robert Bekes, David Eisenbud, Jean Pedersen, and Donald Sarason about their experiences with Halmos. Interviews with Halmos by Don Albers and Halmos's own writings are included as PDF documents. www.maa.org www.zalafilms.com -
Let yourself flow through the equations says mathematician Cedric Villani - Newsnight
French mathematician Cedric Villani, winner of the Fields Medal tells us about the mathematical journey to a theorem. Follow @BBCNewsnight on Twitter https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Like BBC Newsnight on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight -
Interview With The Smartest Man In The World
Interview with Terence Tao (born 17 July 1975, Adelaide) a Chinese-American mathematician . He became the youngest person there ever promoted to full professor at the age of 24 . Terry's IQ has been assessed as between 230 and 240 . -
Sex Mathematician Clio Cresswell: Women’s Hormone Equations vs. Men’s Hormone Equ... - CONAN on TBS
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Billionaire Mathematician - Numberphile
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- Duration: 18:39
- Updated: 13 May 2015
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Full length version of this interview (one hour): https://youtu.be/QNznD9hMEh0
More about The Simons Foundation: http://bit.ly/SimonsFoundation
James Harris Sim...
Full length version of this interview (one hour): https://youtu.be/QNznD9hMEh0
More about The Simons Foundation: http://bit.ly/SimonsFoundation
James Harris Simons has been described as "the world's smartest billionaire", amassing a fortune through the clever use of mathematics and computers. He is now a renowned philanthropist.
Chern-Simons paper: http://bit.ly/ChernSimons
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James Harris Simons has been described as "the world's smartest billionaire", amassing a fortune through the clever use of mathematics and computers. He is now a renowned philanthropist.
Chern-Simons paper: http://bit.ly/ChernSimons
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Michio Kaku: Is God a Mathematician?
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- Duration: 5:34
- Updated: 02 Jan 2013
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Michio Kaku says that God could be a mathematician: "The mind of God we believe is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace. That is the mind of God."
Transcript--
Some people ask the question "Of what good is math?" What is the relationship between math and physics? Well, sometimes math leads. Sometimes physics leads. Sometimes they come together because, of course, there's a use for the mathematics. For example, in the 1600s Isaac Newton asked a simple question: if an apple falls then does the moon also fall? That is perhaps one of the greatest questions ever asked by a member of Homo sapiens since the six million years since we parted ways with the apes. If an apple falls, does the moon also fall?
Isaac Newton said yes, the moon falls because of the Inverse Square Law. So does an apple. He had a unified theory of the heavens, but he didn't have the mathematics to solve the falling moon problem. So what did he do? He invented calculus. So calculus is a direct consequence of solving the falling moon problem. In fact, when you learn calculus for the first time, what is the first thing you do? The first thing you do with calculus is you calculate the motion of falling bodies, which is exactly how Newton calculated the falling moon, which opened up celestial mechanics.
So here is a situation where math and physics were almost conjoined like Siamese twins, born together for a very practical question, how do you calculate the motion of celestial bodies? Then here comes Einstein asking a different question and that is, what is the nature and origin of gravity? Einstein said that gravity is nothing but the byproduct of curved space. So why am I sitting in this chair? A normal person would say I'm sitting in this chair because gravity pulls me to the ground, but Einstein said no, no, no, there is no such thing as gravitational pull; the earth has curved the space over my head and around my body, so space is pushing me into my chair. So to summarize Einstein's theory, gravity does not pull; space pushes. But, you see, the pushing of the fabric of space and time requires differential calculus. That is the language of curved surfaces, differential calculus, which you learn in fourth year calculus.
So again, here is a situation where math and physics were very closely combined, but this time math came first. The theory of curved surfaces came first. Einstein took that theory of curved surfaces and then imported it into physics.
Now we have string theory. It turns out that 100 years ago math and physics parted ways. In fact, when Einstein proposed special relativity in 1905, that was also around the time of the birth of topology, the topology of hyper-dimensional objects, spheres in 10, 11, 12, 26, whatever dimension you want, so physics and mathematics parted ways. Math went into hyperspace and mathematicians said to themselves, aha, finally we have found an area of mathematics that has no physical application whatsoever. Mathematicians pride themselves on being useless. They love being useless. It's a badge of courage being useless, and they said the most useless thing of all is a theory of differential topology and higher dimensions.
Well, physics plotted along for many decades. We worked out atomic bombs. We worked out stars. We worked out laser beams, but recently we discovered string theory, and string theory exists in 10 and 11 dimensional hyperspace. Not only that, but these dimensions are super. They're super symmetric. A new kind of numbers that mathematicians never talked about evolved within string theory. That's how we call it "super string theory." Well, the mathematicians were floored. They were shocked because all of a sudden out of physics came new mathematics, super numbers, super topology, super differential geometry.
All of a sudden we had super symmetric theories coming out of physics that then revolutionized mathematics, and so the goal of physics we believe is to find an equation perhaps no more than one inch long which will allow us to unify all the forces of nature and allow us to read the mind of God. And what is the key to that one inch equation? Super symmetry, a symmetry that comes out of physics, not mathematics, and has shocked the world of mathematics. But you see, all this is pure mathematics and so the final resolution could be that God is a mathematician. And when you read the mind of God, we actually have a candidate for the mind of God. The mind of God we believe is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace. That is the mind of God.
Directed / Produced by Jonathan Fowler & Elizabeth Rodd
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Michio Kaku says that God could be a mathematician: "The mind of God we believe is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace. That is the mind of God."
Transcript--
Some people ask the question "Of what good is math?" What is the relationship between math and physics? Well, sometimes math leads. Sometimes physics leads. Sometimes they come together because, of course, there's a use for the mathematics. For example, in the 1600s Isaac Newton asked a simple question: if an apple falls then does the moon also fall? That is perhaps one of the greatest questions ever asked by a member of Homo sapiens since the six million years since we parted ways with the apes. If an apple falls, does the moon also fall?
Isaac Newton said yes, the moon falls because of the Inverse Square Law. So does an apple. He had a unified theory of the heavens, but he didn't have the mathematics to solve the falling moon problem. So what did he do? He invented calculus. So calculus is a direct consequence of solving the falling moon problem. In fact, when you learn calculus for the first time, what is the first thing you do? The first thing you do with calculus is you calculate the motion of falling bodies, which is exactly how Newton calculated the falling moon, which opened up celestial mechanics.
So here is a situation where math and physics were almost conjoined like Siamese twins, born together for a very practical question, how do you calculate the motion of celestial bodies? Then here comes Einstein asking a different question and that is, what is the nature and origin of gravity? Einstein said that gravity is nothing but the byproduct of curved space. So why am I sitting in this chair? A normal person would say I'm sitting in this chair because gravity pulls me to the ground, but Einstein said no, no, no, there is no such thing as gravitational pull; the earth has curved the space over my head and around my body, so space is pushing me into my chair. So to summarize Einstein's theory, gravity does not pull; space pushes. But, you see, the pushing of the fabric of space and time requires differential calculus. That is the language of curved surfaces, differential calculus, which you learn in fourth year calculus.
So again, here is a situation where math and physics were very closely combined, but this time math came first. The theory of curved surfaces came first. Einstein took that theory of curved surfaces and then imported it into physics.
Now we have string theory. It turns out that 100 years ago math and physics parted ways. In fact, when Einstein proposed special relativity in 1905, that was also around the time of the birth of topology, the topology of hyper-dimensional objects, spheres in 10, 11, 12, 26, whatever dimension you want, so physics and mathematics parted ways. Math went into hyperspace and mathematicians said to themselves, aha, finally we have found an area of mathematics that has no physical application whatsoever. Mathematicians pride themselves on being useless. They love being useless. It's a badge of courage being useless, and they said the most useless thing of all is a theory of differential topology and higher dimensions.
Well, physics plotted along for many decades. We worked out atomic bombs. We worked out stars. We worked out laser beams, but recently we discovered string theory, and string theory exists in 10 and 11 dimensional hyperspace. Not only that, but these dimensions are super. They're super symmetric. A new kind of numbers that mathematicians never talked about evolved within string theory. That's how we call it "super string theory." Well, the mathematicians were floored. They were shocked because all of a sudden out of physics came new mathematics, super numbers, super topology, super differential geometry.
All of a sudden we had super symmetric theories coming out of physics that then revolutionized mathematics, and so the goal of physics we believe is to find an equation perhaps no more than one inch long which will allow us to unify all the forces of nature and allow us to read the mind of God. And what is the key to that one inch equation? Super symmetry, a symmetry that comes out of physics, not mathematics, and has shocked the world of mathematics. But you see, all this is pure mathematics and so the final resolution could be that God is a mathematician. And when you read the mind of God, we actually have a candidate for the mind of God. The mind of God we believe is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace. That is the mind of God.
Directed / Produced by Jonathan Fowler & Elizabeth Rodd
- published: 02 Jan 2013
- views: 1828282
A Rare Interview with the Mathematician Who Cracked Wall Street | Jim Simons | TED Talks
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- Duration: 23:08
- Updated: 25 Sep 2015
- views: 257480
Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Bill...
Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he’s working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED’s Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers.
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Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he’s working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED’s Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more.
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- published: 25 Sep 2015
- views: 257480
Mathematician Jacob Lurie, 2014 MacArthur Fellow
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- Duration: 3:32
- Updated: 17 Sep 2014
- views: 43737
Mathematician Jacob Lurie is creating a novel conceptual foundation for derived algebraic geometry (DAG) and rewriting large swathes of mathematics from a new p...
Mathematician Jacob Lurie is creating a novel conceptual foundation for derived algebraic geometry (DAG) and rewriting large swathes of mathematics from a new point of view.
The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/Fellows.
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Mathematician Jacob Lurie is creating a novel conceptual foundation for derived algebraic geometry (DAG) and rewriting large swathes of mathematics from a new point of view.
The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/Fellows.
- published: 17 Sep 2014
- views: 43737
How Is A Mathematician’s Work Done?
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- Duration: 4:08
- Updated: 19 Feb 2015
- views: 3168
How do mathematicians work? We’re not asking whether they run on sandwiches or rocket fuel, but rather, “How is a mathematician’s work done?” Is it like the mov...
How do mathematicians work? We’re not asking whether they run on sandwiches or rocket fuel, but rather, “How is a mathematician’s work done?” Is it like the movies, where a tortured professor scribbles equations all over a blackboard before falling into despair? Probably not so. The problems of mathematics are becoming increasingly complex, and while some mathematicians prefer to work alone, more find it to be a group effort. Many have also found that the internet had greatly aided the ability for mathematicians worldwide to keep in touch and solve problems.
Watch the Full Program Here: https://youtu.be/_PnnzB-1LcI
Original Program Date: June 3, 2011
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How do mathematicians work? We’re not asking whether they run on sandwiches or rocket fuel, but rather, “How is a mathematician’s work done?” Is it like the movies, where a tortured professor scribbles equations all over a blackboard before falling into despair? Probably not so. The problems of mathematics are becoming increasingly complex, and while some mathematicians prefer to work alone, more find it to be a group effort. Many have also found that the internet had greatly aided the ability for mathematicians worldwide to keep in touch and solve problems.
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Original Program Date: June 3, 2011
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- published: 19 Feb 2015
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Faster than a calculator | Arthur Benjamin | TEDxOxford
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- Duration: 15:04
- Updated: 08 Apr 2013
- views: 5387703
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Benjamin makes numbers dance. In his day job, he's a professor of mathematics at Harvey...
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Benjamin makes numbers dance. In his day job, he's a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College; in his other day job, he's a "Mathemagician," taking the stage to perform high-speed mental calculations, memorisations and other astounding mathematic stunts. It's part of his drive to teach math and mental agility in interesting ways, following in the footsteps of such heroes as Martin Gardner.
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I Want to Be a Mathematician: A conversation with Paul Halmos - trailer
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The 44-minute film contains a rare interview with Paul Halmos by Peter Renz, revealing his thoughts on mathematics, and how to teach it and write about it. Five...
The 44-minute film contains a rare interview with Paul Halmos by Peter Renz, revealing his thoughts on mathematics, and how to teach it and write about it. Five bonus features include comments by
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The 44-minute film contains a rare interview with Paul Halmos by Peter Renz, revealing his thoughts on mathematics, and how to teach it and write about it. Five bonus features include comments by
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experiences with Halmos. Interviews with Halmos by Don Albers and Halmos's own writings are included as PDF documents.
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Let yourself flow through the equations says mathematician Cedric Villani - Newsnight
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French mathematician Cedric Villani, winner of the Fields Medal tells us about the mathematical journey to a theorem.
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Interview With The Smartest Man In The World
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Interview with Terence Tao (born 17 July 1975, Adelaide) a Chinese-American mathematician . He became the youngest person there ever promoted to full professor ...
Interview with Terence Tao (born 17 July 1975, Adelaide) a Chinese-American mathematician . He became the youngest person there ever promoted to full professor at the age of 24 . Terry's IQ has been assessed as between 230 and 240 .
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A Rare Interview with the Mathematician Who Cracked Wall Street | Jim Simons | TED Talks
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How Is A Mathematician’s Work Done?
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Trump Appears “Clueless” How He Could Win With This VP Pick
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingIn speaking with and listening to Americans across the country, when it comes to this year’s U.S. election cycle between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton they’re definitely not clueless about one important issue ... Also on the short list are Govs. Mike Pence of Indiana and Chris Christie of New Jersey ... He should also probably choose an individual other than an elderly white male....
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Jennifer Aniston: 'I am not pregnant. I am fed up!'
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The actress slams the media for perpetuating idealised versions of women. Jennifer Aniston has taken aim at gossip mongers' constant objectification and scrutiny of women in a passionate new essay. Share Go To ... But her representative Steven Huvane was quick to shoot down rumours she is with child, telling WENN the story "is a complete fabrication," adding, "Jennifer is not pregnant." ... © Cover Media. ....
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Clinton’s lead over Trump shrinks dramatically
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China blames Philippines for stirring up trouble in dispute
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Filipinos applaud moments after the Hague-based U.N. international arbitration tribunal ruled in favor of the Philippines in its case against China on the dispute in South China Sea Tuesday, July 12, 2016 in Manila, Philippines. The tribunal has found that there is no legal basis for China's "nine-dash line" claiming rights to much of the South China Sea ... (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) ... The Philippines, under a U.N ... U.S ... treaty ... ___ ... ....
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[VIDEO]: Vicente Fox Continues Verbal Trump Onslaught Via Social Media
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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox continues to assail presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as his disgust and contempt of the New York real estate mogul grows, Raw Story reports.In YouTube video after YouTube video, Fox has refuted everything Trump has said on the campaign stump – even challenging him to a debate.Speaking Tuesday on Netflix host Chelsea Handler’s show, Fox continued his onslaught.....
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Al Roker on committee to search for next SUNY chief
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Carl McCall and including trustees, campus presidents, student and faculty representatives, mathematician and philanthropist James H ... ....
Chris Darden: Here’s Why I Didn’t Have OJ Simpson Try on a NEW Glove (Exclusive Audio)
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Former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden fielded his billionth question about the time he made Simpson try on the gloves — and we have exclusive audio of his surprising answer ... “We did all kinds of things. We measured O.J.’s hands. We had mathematicians and experts measure his hands in photographs and compare them to the gloves … we all thought it would fit,” Darden told his hosts ... Also Read....
AAS President Testifies to Congress on Why Astronomy Matters (AAS - American Astronomical Society)
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(Source. AAS - American Astronomical Society). Barely a month into her two-year term as President of the American Astronomical Society, Christine Jones (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) was invited to testify to the US Congress ... Contacts. ... 8,000) also includes physicists, mathematicians, geologists, engineers, and others whose research interests lie within the broad spectrum of subjects now comprising contemporary astronomy ... (noodl....
The Surprising Musical Preferences of an Amazon Tribe
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Play two notes that are three steps away on a musical scale, like C and the F-sharp above it, and you have what’s called the Devil’s Interval ... It’s a great example of dissonance—a sound that seems unpleasant, tense, and jarring ... Since the ancient Greeks, scholars have wondered why ... Again. no preference ... In 1631, the French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes wrote a letter to Marin Mersenne, the ‘father of acoustics’, saying ... ....
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, one of the world's greatest mathematicians, delivers public lecture at Swansea University (Swansea University)
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(Source. Swansea University). Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, one of the world's greatest mathematicians, will deliver a public lecture, entitled, Mathematics and the Imagination, at Swansea University on 21 July. Lecture title. Mathematics and the Imagination. Date. Thursday, 21 July 2016. Time. 4.30pm (reception from 4pm). Venue ... Admission. Free of charge, all welcome ... Sir Michael is one of the world's greatest living mathematicians ... (noodl....
Suicide by job: Farmers, lumberjacks, fisherman top list
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Farmers, lumberjacks and fishermen have the highest suicide rate in the U.S., while librarians and educators have the lowest, according to a large study that found enormous differences across occupations ... High rates were also seen in carpenters, miners, electricians and people who work in construction. Mechanics were close behind ... But it is not comprehensive ... Or for mathematicians ... Computer programmers, mathematicians, statisticians; 23 ... ....
Nation That Suffered Worst Drought in Decades Is Water Exporter
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Jaiveer Arya wipes sweat from his brow as he squats in the shade and watches workers weigh his wheat crop at a grain market in India’s northern Haryana state. He’s hoping for a good price from exporters ... India could learn from China, according to Goswami, who’s published his work on embedded water in the journal Nature along with co-author Shiv Narayan Nishad, a mathematician at the M.S ... LEARN MORE. ....
Figuring for a Future (Western Illinois University)
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(Source. Western Illinois University). Figuring for a Future. Brazilian Student's Time at WIU Solidifies Plans for Teaching Career in Math. July 12, 2016 ... This phenomenon is one that Jefferson Silva-an international student who has been studying at Western Illinois University for the last year through the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program (BSMP)-wants to work on in his future career as a mathematician and educator ... Creating Connections....
The Six Main Arcs in Storytelling, as Identified by an A.I.
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“My prettiest contribution to my culture,” the writer Kurt Vonnegut mused in his 1981 autobiography Palm Sunday, “was a master’s thesis in anthropology which was rejected by the University of Chicago a long time ago.”. By then, he said, the thesis had long since vanished ... And 35 years later, his idea had resonated enough with a group of mathematicians and computer scientists that they decided to build an experiment around it ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5....
How to Talk to a Libertarian About Neoliberalism
Edit CounterPunch 12 Jul 2016
Ralph Nader has previous laid out in a book the coordinates of such alliances, meaning I am not the only one proposing this ... In his at the New York Public Library with Noam Chomsky, a video worth watching despite genuine qualms about electoral politics , Varoufakis explains that the basis of neoclassical economics over the past generation is the game theories of mathematicians like John Nash ... Yet that is a future that is far-off ... ....
Bright Lights, Big Apple (College of William and Mary)
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(Source. College of William and Mary). The following story originally appeared in the summer 2016 issue of the W&M; Alumni Magazine - Ed. To walk the streets of modern New York City is to know something about Athens or Rome, Constantinople in their gilded heydays ... But you wave them off ... Know thyself ... The Greek mathematician Pythagoras began by teaching his students the concept of the monad, a unit of one that contained within it the many....
Dr Wolf wins mathematics prize (University of Bristol)
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The London Mathematical Society awards the Anne Bennett Prize for work in and influence on mathematics, particularly acting as an inspiration for women mathematicians....
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