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The “universal grammar” of space: what geometry is innate?
Geometry might be innate in the same way as language. There are many languages, each of which is an equally coherent and viable paradigm of thought, and the same can be said for Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries. As...
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The “universal grammar” of space: what geometry is innate? is an episode from Opinionated History of Mathematics by Intellectual Mathematics. Geometry might be innate in the same way as language. There are many languages, each of which is a...
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Published May 20, 2022, 32:22 long, audio available.
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