The Hidden Secrets of Math: Uncharted Territory (Part 3)

Science Quickly

Scientific American

Science

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Drag queen and mathematics communicator Kyne Santos tells us the questions that modern mathematicians are grappling with, from infinite tiling to the structure of math itself. We hope you enjoyed the final episode of this Friday miniseries about magical math. You can listen to parts one and two wherever you get your podcasts or at the links below. Recommended reading: – Discover Math’s Elegance and Power with Drag Queen Kyne Santos – Is Math Part of Nature or an Invention of the Mind? – Inside Mathematicians’ Search for the Mysterious ‘Einstein Tile’ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Kyne Santos. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Here's the truth about AI.
0:02.0	AI is only as powerful as the platform it's built into.
0:05.0	ServiceNow puts AI to work for people across your business,
0:09.0	removing friction and frustration for your employees,
0:12.0	supercharging productivity for your developers,
0:15.0	providing intelligent tools for your service agents to make customers happier.
0:19.0	All built into a single platform you can
0:21.9	use right now. That's why the world works with ServiceNow. Visit ServiceNow.com
0:27.8	slash UK slash AI for people. When I was a little kid, I remember being really perplexed and
0:33.9	fascinated by the concept of discovering a new number.
0:42.6	Like, if you counted high enough to get to a new spot, did you get naming dibs?
0:45.6	What else could discovering a new number even mean?
0:46.8	I mean, they're numbers.
0:53.1	Even though math was my favorite subject, I was always confused about new numbers and shapes, too.
0:57.9	You know, most of us learn about math as if it's some ancient thing that got figured out back in Pythagoras' Day, not a beckoning frontier.
1:01.6	I bet you're about to flip that misconception right on its head for us, right?
1:05.8	That's the idea.
1:06.9	On today's episode, we're looking at modern math.
1:09.7	The mathematicians of the 21st century are exploring some completely uncharted territory.
1:15.0	For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Fultman.
1:17.9	And I'm Kynne Santos, your favorite math-obsessed drag queen.
1:22.1	You're listening to the finale of our special three-part series on The Hidden Secrets of Math.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Scientific American, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Scientific American and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.