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Our Mathematical Universe with Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown)
Season 15 · Episode 55

Our Mathematical Universe with Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown)

Is math discovered or invented? Neil deGrasse Tyson & Chuck Nice explore information theory, talking to aliens with prime numbers, Mandelbrot sets, and why math is often called the "language of the universe" with Grant Sanderson, the math educator behind YouTube channel 3Blue1Brown.

StarTalk Radio · Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, Grant Sanderson

September 24, 202456m 56s

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Is math discovered or invented? Neil deGrasse Tyson & Chuck Nice explore information theory, talking to aliens with prime numbers, Mandelbrot sets, and why math is often called the "language of the universe" with Grant Sanderson, the math educator behind YouTube channel 3Blue1Brown. 

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