Billionaire Mathematician

Alex Bellos discusses how the Incans used knots in string (Quipu) to record numbers.Check out Brilliant (get 20% off their premium service): https://brillian...

Full length version of this interview (one hour): https://youtu.be/QNznD9hMEh0

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James Harris Simons has been described as "the world's smartest billionaire", amassing a fortune through the clever use of mathematics and computers. He is now a renowned philanthropist.

Chern-Simons paper: http://bit.ly/ChernSimons