Beauty is Truth – A short history of symmetry

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I am very pleased to publish the first podcast mini-series we’ve done – A short history of symmetry with Professor Ian Stewart.

This is a series of 7 episodes (first two available today) focussing on key chapters of his new book, Why Beauty is Truth.

We’ve pushed the boat out a bit here – we have music!

It will prove to be a really interesting exercise – is this a format and approach that will be attractive; will it sell more books! We shall wait and see.

So, check out episode 1 and 2 – an introduction to symmetry in maths and physics and an overview of Babylonian mathematics, Greek geometry and a breif appearance by Omar Kyham.

In the next few weeks:

• Renaissance Mathemeticians getting shirty with each other
• Revolutionary mathematics in revolutionary France – a tale of tragedy, misunderstandings and an idea that reshaped most of physics and mathematics
• What the physicists did next – Einstein and symmetry
• Symmetry gets tough – quantum mechanics
• An equation for every occasion – string, superstring theory and symmetry (plus a bonus track (cough) – what about an asymmetric universe?)

: 04 May 2007 14:03 |  Tags: Mathematics Podcast |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem