Sat 1 October
4:00pm
- 4:45pm
BST
Venue: Ring
Event [36]
Debates
The Fall and Resurrection of 4D Numbers
Peter Woit.
Strange, long-forgotten numbers called quaternions are undergoing a revival in computer graphics, math, and physics. Join Peter Woit to explore the rise, fall, and miraculous resurrection of the four-dimensional numbers that led to modern algebra and are now radically changing the lanscape of physics.
"Powerfully persuasive" - The Sunday Time
