Janna Levin Instagram – Scientific Controversies: Is Math Invented or Discovered? Upcoming, Free with RSVP @pioneerworks
Guests Max Tegmark and Rafael Nunez
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“The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious… there is no rational explanation for it,” wrote Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner. There are mathematical descriptions of natural phenomena on all scales: Fibonacci series in flowers, logarithmic spirals in snails, fractals in mountain ranges, parabolas in home runs, and pi in the spherical shape of stars, planets, and bubbles. But is math discovered in nature or is it invented by humans and imposed on an agnostic reality? Will mathematics always be able to unlock the mysteries of the universe, or will we come to an end of its utility?
https://pioneerworks.org/programs/scientific-controversies-no-25-is-math-invented-or-discovered | Posted on 01/Nov/2022 21:29:06
