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Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality's riddle

TED Talks200900:18:20Creative Commons
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The world turns on symmetry -- from the spin of subatomic particles to the dizzying beauty of an arabesque. But there's more to it than meets the eye. Here, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy offers a glimpse of the invisible numbers that marry all symmetrical objects.

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TEDTalks, TED, Talks, architecture, art, beauty, math, physics, universe, TEDGlobal 2009, 2009

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