Do Your Patriotic Duty: Learn Math
17:43 minutes
Non-Euclidean geometry and clock arithmetic might not be the first things that come to mind when you think “patriotism,” but Edward Frenkel, a mathematician at the University of California at Berkeley, says a well-educated public is essential to democracy—and that includes being knowledgeable about math.
Segment Guests
Edward Frenkel
Edward Frenkel is author of Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality (Basic Books, 2013) and mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California.
Meet the Producer
About Christopher Intagliata
@cintagliataChristopher Intagliata was Science Friday’s senior producer. He once served as a prop in an optical illusion and speaks passable Ira Flatowese.