The Science of Mathematical Beauty
Samuel Johnson |
TEDxBathUniversity
• November 2020
Can an idea be beautiful? Mathematicians often describe arguments as “beautiful” or “dull,” and famous scientists have claimed that mathematical beauty is a guide toward the truth. Do laypeople, like mathematicians and scientists, experience mathematics aesthetically?
Dr. Samuel Johnson discusses the research conducted for this and sheds light on broader issues in how and why humans have aesthetic experiences of abstract ideas