
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Alon Amit, prolific Quora math answerer, argues that an honest representation of mathematical ideas is enough to spark interest in math. It's not necessary to exaggerate the role of math; the golden ratio does not drive the stock market, the solution of the Riemann hypothesis will not kill cryptography, and Grothendieck did not advance robotics. History and seeing the thought process and the struggle behind the tight finished proof are ways to make math compelling.
4.7
2525 ratings
Alon Amit, prolific Quora math answerer, argues that an honest representation of mathematical ideas is enough to spark interest in math. It's not necessary to exaggerate the role of math; the golden ratio does not drive the stock market, the solution of the Riemann hypothesis will not kill cryptography, and Grothendieck did not advance robotics. History and seeing the thought process and the struggle behind the tight finished proof are ways to make math compelling.
1,839 Listeners
4,275 Listeners
30,823 Listeners
14,102 Listeners
498 Listeners
43,409 Listeners
23,706 Listeners
4,136 Listeners
4,125 Listeners
5,438 Listeners
12,904 Listeners
15,220 Listeners
502 Listeners
3,271 Listeners
1,830 Listeners