Simple beauties of math: Harvard professor views nature itself through geometry's clear lens

Monday, October 4, 2010 - 09:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Shing-Tung Yau sees a beautiful universe around him, crafted by nature into the shapes and forms we see every day. Mathematics describes those shapes and forms, the discipline of geometry in particular. So, to Yau, it shares nature’s beauty.

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