Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (15 minutes) : .flv file, sound |
Summary |
Three theoretical physicists (Freeman Dyson, Artur Ekert, Nima Arkani-Hamed) and one philosopher (James Robert Brown) reflect on different aspects of “mathematical Platonism” - the belief that numbers and mathematical concepts somehow have an existence independent of space, time, and us |
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Title from title frames |
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In Process Record |
Performer |
Artur Ekert, Freeman Dyson, Howard Burton, James Robert Brown, Nima Arkani-Hamed |
Event |
Originally produced by Ideas Roadshow in 2017 |
Notes |
In English |
Subject |
Mathematics.
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Physics.
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Philosophy and religion.
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applied mathematics.
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mathematics.
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physics.
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Mathematics.
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Philosophy and religion.
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Physics.
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Education films.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Burton, Howard, film director
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Ekert, Artur, actor
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Dyson, Freeman, actor
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Burton, Howard, actor
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Robert Brown, James, actor
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Arkani-Hamed, Nima, actor
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Ideas Roadshow (Firm)
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Kanopy (Firm)
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