Competitive mathematics in Renaissance Italy
- Author
- University of Warwick
- Published
- Tue 08 May 2007
- Episode Link
- https://warwick.ac.uk/news/podcasts/media/more/symmetry/symmetry3.mp3
In this episode Professor Ian Stewart describes how the scandalous world of competitive mathematics in renaissance Italy encouraged the development of our understanding of equations, algebra and laid the foundations for our modern understanding of symmetry.
