The mathematical Universe

Submitted by Marianne on February 27, 2013

Max Tegmark

Max Tegmark

Mathematics does incredibly well at describing the world we live in. Could that be because the Universe itself is a mathematical structure? It's a suggestion that has been put forward by the cosmologist Max Tegmark. We talked to him at the annual meeting of the AAAS in Boston this month to find out more.

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Interview

Permalink Submitted by Andrew Irving on February 27, 2013

This was both fascinating and thought-provoking, thank you for sharing it.

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Very interesting!

Permalink Submitted by Anonymous on April 4, 2013

A great interview - thanks!

I've recently written about Max Tegemark's views about the universe being a mathematical structure for the website:

http://ibmathsresources.com/mathsinventedordiscoveredtok/

and will be linking to this podcast for further information. Keep up the good work :)

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