The Grand Geometry of Nature

Tom Mrowka, PhD, Simons Professor of Mathematics, MIT and Gigliola Staffilani, PhD, A.R. Mauze Professor of Mathematics, MIT discuss how mathematics reveals the deepest levels of nature: structures, forces, systems, relationships. They also discuss the great importance of math in modern culture, some different fields of mathematics, the ability of mathematical equations to predict unknown aspects of nature --like the antiparticle, their respective fields of mathematical research --and the oddly American fear of mathematics.