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Infinite Tiling Presents a Modern Mathematical Challenge - Science Quickly

Infinite Tiling Presents a Modern Mathematical Challenge - Science Quickly

Update: 2024-10-04
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Drag queen and mathematics communicator Kyne Santos tells us the questions that modern mathematicians are grappling with, from infinite tiling to the structure of math itself.

We hope you enjoyed the final episode of this Friday miniseries about magical math. You can listen to parts one and two wherever you get your podcasts or at the links below. 

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E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!

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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Kyne Santos. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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Infinite Tiling Presents a Modern Mathematical Challenge - Science Quickly

Infinite Tiling Presents a Modern Mathematical Challenge - Science Quickly