Mathematics and Culture
- Synopsis
- Judith Grabiner describes how the 19th century saw radical change, producing new ideas of space, destroying the unchallenging authority of mathematics, revolutionising art, making relativity possible and helping create modernism. [42 minutes]
- Series
- Ada Lovelace Symposium
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2015
- Notes
- For other podcasts in the series see: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/ada-lovelace-symposium-celebrating-200-years-computer-visionary
- Subjects
- Arts and Humanities; Mathematics
- Keywords
- history of mathematics; Modernism; relativity theory; Cultural history
Online availability
- URI
- http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/mathematics-and-culture-geometry-and-its-figures-air
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed/Download
Credits
- Contributor
- Judith Grabiner
Distributor
- Name
University of Oxford Podcasts
- Web
- http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ External site opens in new window
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