Revolutions in mathematics

2 Feb 2015

Thomas Fink talks about radical new mathematical developments that set the stage for modern physics in part 2 of our Grand Tour of Science.

The Grand Tour of Science is a comprehensive account of modern science in seven two-hour lectures for the public. The lectures are in two parts, with drinks and discussion before, in between and after.

This lecture covers:

• Non-integer dimensions and scale invariance

• Riemannian geometry

• Groups and crystals

• Aperiodicity and Gödel incompleteness

• Turing machines and non-computability

Grand Tour of Science

The Grand Tour of Science is a comprehensive account of modern science in seven two-hour lectures for the public. Each talk is given by a leading researcher in the subject of the talk. The lectures are in two parts, with drinks and discussion before, in between and after.

Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics
Revolutions  in mathematics