Math is the talk of the town in a way that it hasn't been before, thanks to <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/terence-tao-ai-math-solutions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recent developments in AI</a>. And some mathematicians, like <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/big-math-shines-a-light-on-the-hidden-math-that-runs-our-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steven Strogatz</a>, are using this moment as a reminder of the invisible ways that math is embedded in our daily lives. That’s the focus of his new book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18570/9780316581585" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World.”</a> He wrote it with mathematician Alex Townsend.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/big-math-book-excerpt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read an excerpt from “Big Math.”</a>Guest:Dr. Steven Strogatz is a professor of mathematics at Cornell University.&nbsp;Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/big-math-shines-a-light-on-the-hidden-math-that-runs-our-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sciencefriday.com</a>.
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