{"id":3380,"date":"2022-11-01T01:25:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T09:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2023-01-04T17:55:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T01:55:32","slug":"is-mathematics-the-basis-of-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/events\/is-mathematics-the-basis-of-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Universe Made of Math?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-07-at-1.09.43-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3433\" src=\"https:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-07-at-1.09.43-AM-1024x607.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-07-at-1.09.43-AM-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-07-at-1.09.43-AM-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-07-at-1.09.43-AM-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-07-at-1.09.43-AM.png 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is the universe made of math? Over the past 400 years physicists have articulated an ever-more detailed picture of the world based on mathematics, now daring to dream about a mathematical &#8216;theory of everything.&#8217; Some have started to claim that math <em>is<\/em>\u00a0the world \u2013 the very essence of reality. In this event for <em>Aeon<\/em> magazine&#8217;s acclaimed <em>Sophia Club:\u00a0Live Philosophy<\/em> series, IFF director Margaret Wertheim discusses this timely question with <em>Aeon<\/em> editor Sam Dresser. The evening\u00a0will include a performative demonstration about the foundations of geometry, inviting audiences to consider the origin of mathematical concepts and their relationship to sensual experience.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by <em>Aeon<\/em> magazine in New York, London and Melbourne, <em>Sophia Club<\/em>\u00a0blends philosophical discussion with live musical performance to &#8220;take audiences on an immersive journey into ideas and the arts.&#8221; At this NYC event, jazz pianist Dan Tepfer will provide musical interludes between the philosophical discussion segments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event Date\/Time:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Wednesday, January 25, 2023. 6:30 till late.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Venue:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The Georgia Room<\/em><\/span>, Second Floor, 23 Lexington Ave, Gramercy Park, NYC, 10010<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy Tickets:<\/strong>\u00a0on <em>Sophia Club&#8217;s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/sophiaclub.co\/event\/is-the-universe-made-of-math\">Event webpage:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sophia Club<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/sophiaclub.co\">website:<\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>Margaret Wertheim<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretwertheim.com\">website:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggested readings for those who like to mentally prepare, purely for pleasure and enrichment. There&#8217;s no requirements to attend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013Margaret&#8217;s essay in <em>Aeon<\/em>\u00a0magazine about the <a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/how-many-dimensions-are-there-and-what-do-they-do-to-reality\">dimensionality of physical space<\/a>. Now read by over 360,000 people, this is one of <em>Aeon&#8217;s<\/em> most popular science pieces. It explores what the term &#8216;dimension&#8217; means in both physics and math.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Margaret&#8217;s essay in <em>Aeon<\/em> about <a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/theres-more-maths-in-slugs-and-corals-than-we-can-think-of\">mathematics as a form of play.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2013Margaret&#8217;s popular\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_wertheim_the_beautiful_math_of_coral\">TED Talk<\/a> about hyperbolic space and her hyperbolically inspired\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crochetcoralreef.org\"><em>Crochet Coral Reef<\/em> <\/a>project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the universe made of math? Over the past 400 years physicists have articulated an ever-more detailed picture of the world based on mathematics, now daring to dream about a mathematical &#8216;theory of everything.&#8217; Some have started to claim that math is\u00a0the world \u2013 the very essence of reality. 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