The human brain is naturally mathematical. But there’s one particular kind of math people have surprisingly strong feelings about — geometry. It's the secret sauce of mathematics — different from everything else, and applicable to everything from gerrymandering to human evolution to romance novels.
Original Air Date: May 28, 2022
**Interviews In This Hour: **The 14th dimension, AI that writes romance novels, and other things explained by geometry) — Did shapes make us human?)
**Guests: **Jordan Ellenberg), Stanislas Dehaene)
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