Current：Home > NewsIs math real? And other existential questions -WealthRise Academy
Is math real? And other existential questions
View
Date：2025-04-12 12:02:15
We are often taught to think of math as a rigid set of rules, never to be questioned. But that is exactly the wrong way to think about it, according to one mathematician. Today on the show, we talk to Eugenia Cheng about her new book "Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths" and how math can help us ask more probing questions about the world around us.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
veryGood！ (92238)
Related
- In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
- Boy trapped and killed after a truck crashes into river in Colorado, sheriff says
- What is Masters Par 3 Contest? A guide to the family-friendly pre-tournament event
- Why Sam Hunt Is Loving Every Bit of His Life As a Dad to 2 Kids Under 2
- Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
- Purdue's Matt Painter has been one of best coaches of his generation win or lose vs. UConn
- Foster children deprived of benefits: How a loophole affects the most vulnerable
- Book excerpt: The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- Are your eclipse glasses safe? How to know if they'll really protect your eyes during the total solar eclipse
Ranking
- Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds
- Happy solar eclipse day! See photos as communities across US gather for rare event
- Key Bridge cleanup crews begin removing containers from Dali cargo ship
- South Carolina, Iowa, UConn top final AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll to cap extraordinary season
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- National Beer Day 2024: Buffalo Wild Wings, Taco Bell Cantina among spots with deals
- When is the next total solar eclipse in the US after 2024 and what is its path? What to know
- Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says aggressive timeline to reopen channel after bridge collapse is realistic
Recommendation
'As foretold in the prophecy': Elon Musk and internet react as Tesla stock hits $420 all
Morgan Wallen Arrested After Allegedly Throwing Chair From Rooftop Bar in Nashville
Trump campaign says it raised $50.5 million at Florida fundraiser
2044 solar eclipse path: See where in US totality hits in next eclipse
Rylee Arnold Shares a Long
Country star Morgan Wallen arrested after throwing chair off rooftop for 'no legitimate purpose,' police say
Deion Sanders rips Colorado football after professor says players disrespectful in class
Jennifer Crumbley's lawyer seeks leniency ahead of sentencing: She's 'also suffered significantly'