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The Beauty of Mathematics, with Jeremy Irons

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Nature, Nasa, Spacetime, Astronomer, Education, Quantum Physics, Physics, Multiverse, Space, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Scientist, Earth Science, Universe, Cosmos, Science, Astrophysics, Star Talk, Startalk, Climate Science, Astronomy, Astrophysicist

4.614.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week, Neil Tyson explores the language of the universe and the life of self-taught math genius Ramanujan. With Jeremy Irons and Matthew Brown from “The Man Who Knew Infinity,” co-host Eugene Mirman, mathematician Ken Ono, Mona Chalabi, and Bill Nye. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/

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0:00.0

Welcome to Star Talk.

0:04.0

Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.

0:10.0

Star Talk begins right now.

0:13.0

Welcome to the Hall of the Universe of the American Museum of Natural History.

0:28.0

This is Star Talk and I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson.

0:32.0

Tonight we're talking about mathematics, the language of the universe,

0:36.0

and we're featuring my interview with actor Jeremy Irons and film director Matthew Brown

0:42.0

on the film The Man Who Knows Infinity.

0:46.0

So let's do this.

0:49.0

So I got with me comedic co-host Eugene Merman.

0:58.0

Eugene, welcome back.

1:00.0

Great to be here.

1:01.0

All right.

1:02.0

Good to have you.

1:04.0

And I've got with me a real live mathematician.

1:07.0

They do exist in the world.

1:09.0

Oh no.

1:10.0

Right here.

1:11.0

Glad to be here.

1:12.0

So you're professor of math at Emory University?

1:15.0

That's right.

1:16.0

And you're also a consultant and associate producer.

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