# Untangling Why Knots Are Important

An episode of [The Joy of Why](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1608948873), 6 Apr 2022, 44 min.

Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/5340/bfb8a8bb-15c6-4584-a26e-39ff0d8d0d36/Joy_of_Why-Knots.mp3

Everyone knows what a knot is. But they have special significance in math and science because their properties can help unlock hidden secrets like the biochemistry of DNA or the geometry of three-dimensional spaces. In this episode, Steven Strogatz explores the mysteries of knots with the mathematicians Colin Adams and Lisa Piccirillo.

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