The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics. Episode 2, Why Mathematics Works So Well with Physics
2021
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Physics is a mathematical science. But why should manipulating numbers give insight into how the world works? This question was famously posed by physicist Eugene Wigner in his 1960 paper, “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences.” Explore proposed answers, including Max Tegmark’s assertion that the world is, in fact, a mathematical system.
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Great Courses, The, film directorGimbel, Steven, actorThe Great Courses (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
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The Great Courses, 2020.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (35 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020.In English
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Steven Gimbel
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English
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430390
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