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Edward Frenkel’s latest book Love and Math, a New York Times bestseller, was named one of the Best Books of the year by both Amazon and iBooks, and won the Euler Book Prize from the Mathematical Association of America. The book reveals a side of math seldom seen, suffused with all the beauty and elegance of a work of art. Mathematics, he writes, directs the flow of the universe, lurks behind its shapes and curves, holds the reins of everything from tiny atoms to the biggest stars. Love and Math is also about accessing a new way of thinking, which empowers us to better understand the world and our place in it. It is an invitation to discover the hidden magic universe of mathematics.

Edward Frenkel is Russian born and overcame a discriminatory educational system to become one of the twenty-first century’s leading mathematicians. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, which he joined in 1997 after being on the faculty at Harvard University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, and the winner of the Hermann Weyl Prize in mathematical physics. Frenkel has authored 3 books and over 90 scholarly articles in academic journals and is an electronic music aficionado.

Frenkel’s research is on the interface of mathematics and quantum physics, with an emphasis on the Langlands Program, which he describes as a Grand Unified Theory of mathematics.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:56 The story of the book title and cover
00:09:00 Why is math so effective in physics and explaining the nature of reality?
00:11:30 The double-edged sword of mathematics: it can build cathedrals AND bombs
00:12:45 Is mathematics the language of nature?
00:15:05 Lord Kelvin, the Michelson Morley Experiment and the implications for math and physics.
00:16:24 What’s left to discover and what are your motivations to pursue math?
00:18:30 Paradoxes in physics and math
00:23:25 Can you discover new physics from mathematics alone?
00:27:00 Could there be different mathematics in different universes?
00:41:00 Is math invented or discovered?
00:48:50 How can an AI have a “happy” thought, relate to physical sensations, or create original inventions? What are the implications for free will?
00:53:40 Love or math choose one!

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