It’s a Math Math Math World with Divakaran and Shraddha

Radio Azim Premji University

Spooked by Mathematics? Well, so was our ‘average student’ Shraddha. Until she met Prof. Divakaran at Azim Premji University, who became her tour guide on a journey into its fascinating history. Voyage with them to Babylon, Greece, Egypt, Japan and, of course, India, to discover the origin stories of numbers. Credits: Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Sananda Dasgupta, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi, and Velu Shankar.

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It’s a Math Math Math World with Divakaran and Shraddha

Episodes (4)

Dec 1, 2023 Number Origami
Dec 1, 2023 A Greek Trajectory
Dec 1, 2023 The Zero Story

It’s a Math Math Math World with Divakaran and Shraddha

Dec 1, 2023
30½ minutes
27 MB

“If I make a paper plane using a piece of paper, and then unfold it, you will be able to fold it exactly as I did because there is a memory of folding left in that piece of paper,” says Prof. Divakaran. But, complains Shraddha, this does not apply to Kanjeevaram sarees! Where she’s going, Shraddha won’t need a saree. A kimono will do just fine. Our friendly mathematics professor and his eager student journey to Japan in their quest to unravel numbers. Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is more than an aesthetic pursuit of hobbyist...

It’s a Math Math Math World with Divakaran and Shraddha

Number Origami

Radio Azim Premji University

00:00 -29:37