Competitive mathematics in Renaissance Italy

Update: 2007-05-08

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In this episode Professor Ian Stewart describes how the scandalous world of competitive mathematics in renaissance Italy encouraged the development of our understanding of equations, algebra and laid the foundations for our modern understanding of symmetry.

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In Channel

Symmetry, string theory and an equation for everything (plus - could we be living in an asymmetrical universe?)

2007-06-04--:--

Symmetry and Quantum Mechanics

2007-05-29--:--

Physicists, Einstein and Symmetry

2007-05-21--:--

Group theory and the failed revolutionary

2007-05-16--:--

Competitive mathematics in Renaissance Italy

2007-05-08--:--

Babylonian and Greek mathematics

2007-05-04--:--

What is symmetry?

2007-05-04--:--

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Competitive mathematics in Renaissance Italy

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Competitive mathematics in Renaissance Italy

University of Warwick

Competitive mathematics in Renaissance Italy