A passionate translator of the beauty and relevance of scientific questions, Margaret Wertheim is also wise about the limits of science to tell the whole story of the human self. Her Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles reveals evocative, visceral connections between high mathematics, crochet and other folk arts, and our love of the planet.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/margaretwertheim-the-grandeur-and-limits-of-science/7472

Margaret Wertheim — We are all Corals Now

Margaret Wertheim — Why the Questions Matter

A passionate translator of the beauty and relevance of scientific questions, Margaret Wertheim is also wise about the limits of science to tell the whole story of the human self. Her Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles reveals evocative, visceral connections between high mathematics, crochet and other folk arts, and our love of the planet.

See more at http://www.onbeing.org/program/margaretwertheim-the-grandeur-and-limits-of-science/7472

Margaret Wertheim — The Love that Moves the Sun and the Other Stars

[Unedited] Margaret Wertheim with Krista Tippett

A passionate translator of the beauty and relevance of scientific questions, Margaret Wertheim is also wise about the limits of science to tell the whole story of the human self across history and culture. And, her Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles reveals evocative, visceral connections between high mathematics, crochet and other folk arts, and our love of the planet.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/margaretwertheim-the-grandeur-and-limits-of-science/7472

Margaret Wertheim — The Grandeur and Limits of Science

Margaret Wertheim is co-founder and director of the Institute For Figuring in Los Angeles. Her books include Pythagoras’ Trousers, The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace and Physics on the Fringe. With her twin sister Christine, she has created the Crochet Coral Reef, one of the largest science and art projects exhibiting around the world. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "The Grandeur and Limits of Science" Find more at onbeing.org.

On Being with Krista Tippett

A passionate translator of the beauty and relevance of scientific questions, Margaret Wertheim is also wise about the limits of science to tell the whole story of the human self. Her Institute For Figuring in Los Angeles reveals evocative, visceral connections between high mathematics, crochet and other folk arts, and our love of the planet.

Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

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