The beautiful math of coral - Margaret Wertheim

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    Science writer Margaret Wertheim re-creates the creatures of the coral reefs using a technique invented by a mathematician -- simultaneously celebrating the amazements of the reef and deep-diving into the hyperbolic underpinnings of coral creation.
    Talk by Margaret Wertheim.

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  • @Checker222
    @Checker222 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A coral reef killed my father, don't expect me to feel any pity for them, this is a vendetta!
    :)

  • @TaraGraphic93
    @TaraGraphic93 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What I've learn: To make a long presentation; It is to make an idea in the form of "linking" things that seems not relevant, with everything. For example; Crochet (feminine hobbies.) Corals (marine/the sea)=Shape of Corals( hyperbolic geometry)= mathematician are puzzled with this for many years= We need to observe more around us= As a society we have this acknowledgement to our surroundings= what surrounds us?=The Environment= what's wrong with the environment?= Global Warming etc.

  • @TheoriginalFinegrind
    @TheoriginalFinegrind 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    it's amazing how in mathematics after the problem is solved it seems so simple and obvious.

  • @GlowingPie
    @GlowingPie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She looks like Steve Jobs)0))

  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We're adding some TEDTalks on the weekends that students and teachers have identified as awesome/useful. TTEDEucation channel is part of the TH-cam For Schools program, so these Talks (which might otherwise have be blocked in schools) are more accessible. Each Talk also comes with a new and customizable Lesson on the TED-Ed website. We'll still be posting at least 4 new educator + animator Lessons every week. Enjoy!

    • @catherinesutton8494
      @catherinesutton8494 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nine years ago. I've been out of the classroom for a couple of years but I can attest... every early childhood and elementary school teacher and administrator should watch this.

  • @catherinesutton8494
    @catherinesutton8494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This highlights the tragic mistakes many of us have been making in early childhood education for the past couple of decades. I wish every teacher, educator, administrator and parent could see this and understand what it means.

  • @markmiller5476
    @markmiller5476 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    if children are educated properly they should be able to determine by the end of their time at school how to evaluate which assumption is the most probable. Science has more evidence and constructive argument in this case so it would most likely win the majority

  • @MsGadgaard
    @MsGadgaard 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm not shure i'm following (my english isn't the best). But here goes: Just because you intend peace, dosn't mean it's not bull what you're saying (on purpose or not). Hard topics leads to debate. Your opinions will be challenged. I'm skeptic of nature, I'm gonna examine every statement and challenge it (mostly probably to find where I myself stand, and maybe having my own mind changed for the better and grow a bit). Anyway, he was answering something that wasn't a question, but a snarky reply

  • @MrJackLegend
    @MrJackLegend 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is one of the most beautiful things that I've seen mathematically.

  • @TheMrSteinway
    @TheMrSteinway 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think she is australian. thats how we say it - just like you guys probably say "hot" to rhyme with "caught". We don't. Hot is a short "o" sound and caught is a longer "or" sound.

  • @EthanNin0
    @EthanNin0 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    ...And they keep your hands warm during the winter!

  • @Zolbat
    @Zolbat 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    but for the positive values to be applied by people, the people have to "like" these positive values beforehand, so the religion is not adding anything to that.
    Yes some religious people are generous and try to help other people where they can. But so do atheists, so there is no real correlation between religion and positive values. But religions also have negative values (I'm sure you can think of some yourself), which are embraced by being divine, and THAT is definitely a bad influence.

  • @maxpeterson8616
    @maxpeterson8616 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Being raised in the culture of a religion is not the same thing. You are making the false assumption that one of the major religions holds the truth, that one of the minor ones or Atheism does not. I would rather my tax dollars not be wasted on such nonsense and kids stick with science, history, language and mathematics.

  • @markmiller5476
    @markmiller5476 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think you will find that each of the three major religions have higher numbers of participants than those who claim no religion at all, therefore they are accepted assumptions. If people are educated honestly in every major assumption then they will be able to choose the assumption that appears closest to the truth.

  • @markmiller5476
    @markmiller5476 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    In a world where truth is so remote that we must really entirely on the best assumptions, is it not best that every accepted assumption is taught? Worldbosspf1 may have chosen the wrong forum to suggest this but discounting religion from education is equally foolish.

  • @MsGadgaard
    @MsGadgaard 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    And which religion might that just be? One that threatens with eternal torture perhaps? Why teach personal subjective superstition when you can teach the observable truth, teach people to think for them selves. Teach people that you certainly don't need religion to be good or moral

  • @lee0495
    @lee0495 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Generally religions can sometimes have positive moral values that can be good to live bye. If that answers your question.
    ....I had better brace my self... saying something positive about religion on the internet is considered blasphemous....

  • @CGMaat
    @CGMaat ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing - thank you. One day a real story - HER STORY

  • @MsGadgaard
    @MsGadgaard 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    And the first guy (wanting videos on religion) doesn't want peace. He have commented before on tedED's videos, demanding explanations in angry tones, saying people are fools and what not. very positive and peaceful..

  • @nottilthursday
    @nottilthursday 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Morality doesn't come from religion. It comes from people (and so does religion, for that matter). We have plenty of access to those, more than our parents ever did.

  • @maxpeterson8616
    @maxpeterson8616 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Religion is not an accepted assumption. Teaching of religion in neurology and history has a place. To have kids inculcated by any sect is right out.

  • @scarlettthedragoneye
    @scarlettthedragoneye 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    and wich religion?
    i think we (the young people) know what we are doing
    and the ones who dosen't arent watching this viedeos^^
    (soory for bad english)

  • @007monkeyman2
    @007monkeyman2 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Because ALL morals come from religion. What if they post videos of religions other than your own? Then you would be upset by their posts.

  • @worldbosspf1
    @worldbosspf1 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think you should do some religious video because I feel that the young people of today is lacking moral

  • @AsmodeusMictian
    @AsmodeusMictian 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I believe she was being a bit tongue-in-cheek, what with her audience and all. Just a guess though.

  • @martinbondesson
    @martinbondesson 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy is obviously trolling. Every logical person knows that morals aren't derived from religion.

  • @Jotun184
    @Jotun184 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This channel is about education, religion is quite the opposite of that.

  • @MsGadgaard
    @MsGadgaard 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know what you mean. But the problem is that generally those sometimes positive moral values are accompanied by some really not so great and quite bad values too.

  • @rosscamonster1597
    @rosscamonster1597 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing!! can you crochet a human brain?

  • @shidoink
    @shidoink 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    hee hee. i bet you are getting all sorts of hate for that one.

  • @bonnie43uk
    @bonnie43uk 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    ..if she says pro-ject one more time !!

  • @minecraftserverawe
    @minecraftserverawe 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    am i the only one who is annoyed by the way she says project

  • @worldbosspf1
    @worldbosspf1 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    exactly people like you need to be educated about religion

  • @iamtheonewhoyoulove
    @iamtheonewhoyoulove 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    uh.. no: you're = you are = i was correct please go away

  • @lourias
    @lourias ปีที่แล้ว

    🪢calculus and crocheting are 2 of my favorite things. Fibonacci is up there, also.

  • @truvelocity
    @truvelocity 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    As long as its YOUR religion, right?

  • @markmiller5476
    @markmiller5476 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    No I'm talking about the authors of religious texts

  • @vollmuell
    @vollmuell 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What's "feminine handicraft"?
    Is crochet done differently by men and women?

    • @KateLB1027
      @KateLB1027 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Crochet is done the same between men and women, but it’s the deeper meaning that she’s poking fun at. Women were not allowed to learn math, science, accounting, etc. a long time ago. They were deemed “too simple” for extravagant and difficult subjects, but it was fine for all men to learn them. Women were lucky if they were taught to read or write (probably from a rich family, too.) As such, “feminine handicraft” was actually a subject or trade that women learned. Young girls would actually be tutored in this art and would spend their days knitting, crocheting, or doing needlepoint. This was “all they could handle for their simple, hysterical minds.” It is brought up because the hyperbolic shapes confounded mathematicians (predominantly male, too) yet women had been making this shape in their handiwork for decades. Women were forbidden to study math, yet were literally creating mathematical shapes that men deemed impossible to exist on earth. The fact that a female mathematician discovered this is also quite amusing! Hehe

  • @NASAgeek321
    @NASAgeek321 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    *TEDEducation not TTEDEucation

  • @Zolbat
    @Zolbat 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    what has religion to do with morals?

  • @imwivstuipid
    @imwivstuipid 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    She can't say project properly -_-

  • @samyish
    @samyish 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Obvious troll is obvious

  • @MattPixInc
    @MattPixInc 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Her microphone is falling off

  • @imwivstuipid
    @imwivstuipid 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    that the worst logic ever

  • @markmiller5476
    @markmiller5476 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    To have written words intending peace and positivity only to have them twisted into calls for immorality must be a fate most unkind.

  • @worldbosspf1
    @worldbosspf1 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    O F*ck it was a typo

  • @wadhah1919
    @wadhah1919 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's a funny one.

  • @tyab87
    @tyab87 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah, like KILLIN'.

  • @MrShotgunrain4
    @MrShotgunrain4 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh here we go...

  • @InquiringJoe
    @InquiringJoe 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't understand why some people dislike these videos...

  • @iamtheonewhoyoulove
    @iamtheonewhoyoulove 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    you're cool.

  • @Waranle
    @Waranle 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    properly*?

  • @ThePereiraBreno
    @ThePereiraBreno 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Safe.

  • @imwivstuipid
    @imwivstuipid 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    your*

  • @Jotun184
    @Jotun184 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why?

  • @sinachiniforoosh
    @sinachiniforoosh 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah, I just wanted to have some fun :D I just don't seem to understand how people can say such things on the interne. But in real life, do they start cursing when seeing another person say something they don't like?

  • @CursedJoker
    @CursedJoker 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    ahahahahahahhahhahah

  • @tejidocrochet
    @tejidocrochet 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amasing!

  • @CooperCarr
    @CooperCarr 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Initial thought this is stupid around 10:00 holy crap this is ground breaking...

  • @SEThatered
    @SEThatered 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe he stutters?

  • @WarzSchoolchild
    @WarzSchoolchild 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    " The Biophysical Basis of Excitability Authors: H. G. Ferreira, M. W. Marshall. [1985] " ~ Angles that subtend more than 360 degrees have been a topic of topology for centuries. Especially Islamic Mathematics.

    • @WarzSchoolchild
      @WarzSchoolchild 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      For Example:- "....The geometric designs are an ancient art who beginnings El-Said, among others, has traced to Egyptian Pharaonic dynasties and Mesopotamian city-states of the third millennium B.C. The precision comes not from astronomical phenomena or scientific instruments, but from "elaborate rules of mensuration" involving signifying numbers, multiplication, division, geometrical forms, and other elements. Operations within these and combinations of them could grow very complex; but they could always be broken down into elementary factors and basic functions. The ancient Islamic architects and artists were both inspired and bound by the systems of mensuration. The palaces, temples, monuments, and other buildings they made were paragons for following generations. Thus while there is an almost infinite variation in the designs because the rules of the classical mensuration were so elaborate, the reliance on the elementary geometric forms gives a superficial resemblance to all the designs. The uniqueness of an Islamic design is in its details; not in any experimental, sensational, or idiosyncratic composition or effects as in Western modernist art for example..."

  • @MsGadgaard
    @MsGadgaard 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know.. Just can't help myself though ;) It just strikes a nerve or something

  • @theyvanmcgregor
    @theyvanmcgregor 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    J'ADORE

  • @defydog
    @defydog 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    That play tank idea sounds like it would be a great way too come to grips with an idea, or grasp a concept.

  • @imwivstuipid
    @imwivstuipid 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    God you actually thought I was serious

  • @BionicKing
    @BionicKing 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    A) He just finished explaining that this is for schools. They wouldn't be allowed to show it if they started preaching religions.
    B) Religion != Morals. There are countless studies showing that. Also, I see nothing any less moral about the information age than any of the prior. Every generation thinks the next is immoral.
    If you want them teaching morals though, maybe something on Locke or other Renaissance philosophers.

  • @xthatoneguyx
    @xthatoneguyx 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    PRAW-ject
    T_T

  • @ChengVincentckf
    @ChengVincentckf 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @Starkiller1701
    @Starkiller1701 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant!

  • @TheGaIaxy
    @TheGaIaxy 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow... An amazing lecturer! She explained Euclidean spaces for more clearly and effectively through graphics, models and history to explain a concept my uni lecturer took an hour explaining. Just think if every mathematic, science and other complex concepts were taught this way! I do believe teaching this way is far more engaging and effective!

  • @Psyadin2
    @Psyadin2 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    why does this man talk about femininity?

  • @TsanZan
    @TsanZan 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mmmmmm. So pro, you are talking about CoD right? Yeah, I don't believe that shit for 1 second. I have seen over 8 people right that with different youtube account names. I doubt all of you are 'the top sniper'.

  • @leightonjulye
    @leightonjulye 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    math in creation means intelligent design (GOD)