An amazing presentation by Manjul Bhargava (Fields medal winner in Mathematics) to school children in India. See how he effortlessly combines poetry, nature, music and mathematics.
Watch an excerpt on YouTube below or the complete video here.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siFBqH-LaQQ[/youtube]
A few randomly selected blog posts…
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Master of math. It is really a job of master to convert math into art. And except all Manjul Bhargava is a great lecturer as I see.