Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2025-05-27
Books mentioned on Tackling the Biggest Unsolved Problems in Math with 3Blue1Brown
Grant Sanderson discussed Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Flatland
Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott is a satirical novella that uses the adventures of a square in a two-dimensional world to explore the concepts of dimensions and perspective.
Discussed“I happen to have a copy right here on my desk. Oh. Oh, really? That's great. Yeah, I've got one over on the shelf over here. So this is this is a very classic book where um the author had you imagine a world that's just two-dimensional.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“In honor of Sir Isaac Newton, there is a Spanish wine called Principia Mathematica, which is a bright white wine made with Charello. I'm going to find that wine. Yeah. So, so Principia is his greatest work. Uh, it's the mathematical principles of natural philosophy. Uhhuh. Sensibly abbreviated Principia. Principia. Yeah, but it's Principia Mathematica. If you want to give”