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Invented or Discovered? host/director, Howard Burton ; Ideas Roadshow is produced in association with Open Agenda Publishing
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Philosophy.
- Mathematics.
- Genre:
- Documentary films
- Nonfiction films
- Short films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (15 min., 10 sec.)) sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] Grasshopper Film [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English, with English subtitles
- System Details:
- digital
- sound
- video file
- Summary:
- Three theoretical physicists (Freeman Dyson (Institute for Advanced Study), Artur Ekert (University of Oxford and National University of Singapore), Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) and philosopher James Robert Brown (University of Toronto) reflect on different aspects of "mathematical Platonism" which is the belief that numbers and mathematical concepts somehow have an existence independent of space, time, and us
- Participant:
- Artur Ekert, Freeman Dyson, Howard Burton, James Robert Brown, Nima Arkani-Hamed
- Credits:
- Cameramen, Taylor DeCelles, Dale Sood ; editor, Ruth Barnwood ; video editor, Taylor DeCelles ; music, Luke Mulholland
- Notes:
- Originally produced by Ideas Roadshow in 2017
- Description based on online resource; title and statement of responsibility from title screen and end credits (viewed 2024 August 24)
- OCLC:
- 1455084157
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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