Reasonable Hope (Math)

Two Thousand Years of Failure

Friday · 4 min · Season 1 · Episode 89 · 4.4 MB
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For nearly two thousand years, mathematicians tried unsuccessfully to prove Euclid’s parallel postulate. Those apparent failures eventually opened the door to entirely new geometries and a larger understanding of reality.