Sat 1 October
					
				
			
				
					4:00pm
					
				
			
			
				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.
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