How Does Mathematics Know What Is True? | The Mathematics of Mathematics

Podcast: Sleep Stories from the Pioneers · Pioneers of Human Behaviour

Opublikowano: 2026-10-20

How does mathematics know what is true? Settle into The Mathematics of Mathematics, a thoughtful sleep story for adults exploring the history of mathematics, the nature of mathematical proof, and the remarkable ways people have tried to establish what is true. We begin with a small Babylonian clay tablet holding a remarkably accurate answer for the diagonal of a square. From this ancient calculation, we follow the mathematicians who sought to understand not only numbers and shapes, but how mathematical knowledge itself can be trusted. Euclid lays down the foundations of geometry, while generations...