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Jordan Ellenberg is a mathematician and author of Shape and How Not to Be Wrong. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:44) - Mathematical thinking
  (10:21) - Geometry
  (14:58) - Symmetry
  (25:29) - Math and science in the Soviet Union
  (33:09) - Topology
  (47:57) - Do we live in many more than 4 dimensions?
  (52:28) - How many holes does a straw have
  (1:01:53) - 3Blue1Brown
  (1:07:40) - Will AI ever win a Fields Medal?
  (1:16:05) - Fermat’s last theorem
  (1:33:23) - Reality cannot be explained simply
  (1:39:08) - Prime numbers
  (2:00:37) - John Conway’s Game of Life
  (2:12:29) - Group theory
  (2:15:45) - Gauge theory
  (2:23:47) - Grigori Perelman and the Poincare Conjecture
  (2:33:59) - How to learn math
  (2:41:08) - Advice for young people
  (2:43:13) - Meaning of life

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