Albion College
Mathematics and Computer Science
COLLOQUIUM
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Jordan Ellenberg

John D. MacArthur Professor of Mathematics
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Mathematics

Department of Mathematics

University of Wisconsin

Maths touches everything we do, allowing us to see the hidden structures beneath the messy and chaotic surface of our daily lives. Maths is the science of not being wrong, worked out through centuries of hard work and argument. Maths touches everything we do, allowing us to see the hidden structures beneath the messy and chaotic surface of our daily lives. Maths is the science of not being wrong, worked out through centuries of hard work and argument.

A talk given at The Royal Institution on June 24, 2015.

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October 8, 2020