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Math is forever

Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón · TED

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With humor and charm, mathematician Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón answers a question that's wracked the brains of bored students the world over: What is math for? He shows the beauty of math as the backbone of science — and shows that theorems, not diamonds, are forever. In Spanish, with English subtitles.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDxRiodelaPlata
Speaker
Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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