PIRSA:11010117

The Shape of Inner Space

Yau, S. (2011). The Shape of Inner Space. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/11010117

Yau, Shing-Tung. The Shape of Inner Space. Perimeter Institute, Jan. 19, 2011, https://pirsa.org/11010117 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:11010117,
            doi = {10.48660/11010117},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/11010117},
            author = {Yau, Shing-Tung},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
            language = {en},
            title = {The Shape of Inner Space},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2011},
            month = {jan},
            note = {PIRSA:11010117 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Shing-Tung Yau Harvard University

DOI 10.48660/11010117
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

Mathematics and physics can come together to the benefit of both fields, particularly in the case of Calabi-Yau spaces and string theory---our leading attempt to explain the universe to date. The audience will gain a sense of how mathematicians think and approach the world and realize that mathematics does not have to be a wholly abstract discipline, disconnected from everyday phenomena, but it is instead crucial to our understanding of the physical world.