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15/05/2021 GMT

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Tim Harford speaks to mathematician Milo Beckman.

Tim Harford speaks to mathematician Milo Beckman about the beauty of maths.

Tim Harford interviews Milo Beckman - a young mathematician, still in his twenties, who has written a book called ‘Math without Numbers’. Milo explains why he wanted to strip out digits to make it easier to describe the beauty of mathematics.


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