In fact, if you would like to cover the distance from the Earth to the sun by folding a 0.1-millimeter piece of paper, 50 folds gets you close to the sun, but not quite, and 51 folds gets you way beyond the sun. But saying you should fold a piece of paper "50 point something times” would have sounded strange!

数学者のエドゥアルド・サエンス・デ・カベソンが、ユーモアと魅力たっぷりに、世界中の退屈した学生たちの頭を悩ます問いに答えます。その問いとは、数学は何のためにあるのかです。彼は、科学を支えている数学の美しさを紹介し、ダイヤモンドではなく、定理こそが永遠なのだと語ります。

エドゥアルド・サエンス・デ・カベソン: 数学は永遠に

数学は永遠に

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