Linking and knotting - Erik Christopher Zeeman's 1978 Christmas Lectures 1/6

Name: Linking and knotting - Erik Christopher Zeeman's 1978 Christmas Lectures 1/6
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Duration: 1 h 2 min
Description: Christopher Zeeman kicks off the first CHRISTMAS LECTURE on mathematics by exploring the complex properties of linking and knotting. This was recorded on 1 Dec 1978. Across the lecture, Professor Zeeman looks at a branch of mathematics called Topology, a form of geometry in which we "imagine things are made of rubber: we can bend them and twist them, but not cut or glue them".

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Christopher Zeeman kicks off the first CHRISTMAS LECTURE on mathematics by exploring the complex properties of linking and knotting. This was recorded on 1 Dec 1978. Across the lecture, Professor Zeeman looks at a branch of mathematics called Topology, a form of geometry in which we "imagine things are made of rubber: we can bend them and twist them, but not cut or glue them".

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