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Margaret Wertheim — The Grandeur and Limits of Science

On Being with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
Episode • Feb 16, 2017 • 51m

Margaret Wertheim — The Grandeur and Limits of Science

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 for the planet.