Terence Tao: Six Math Essentials
Fields Medalist Terence Tao talks with Janna Levin about his first popular book, tracing its six pillars, from algebra as abstraction to the mathematics of change, as a creative way of thinking.
Science
Science — change
Talk of the Town: Before New York with Eric Sanderson
Landscape ecologist Dr. Eric Sanderson gives a public lecture on historical ecology, looking at what the land was like before the city. It's held in a historic house.
Before New York: The Bronx
Panoramas rebuilt from scientific data show the land as it looked 400 years ago, plus an interactive topographic model that compares the ancient terrain with today's street grid.
Before New York: Staten Island
Dr. Eric W. Sanderson reconstructs the original forests, wetlands, and waterways of the place and ties them to today's flooding, climate resilience, and environmental justice.
