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The Quanta Podcast

Every Tuesday, editor in chief Samir Patel sits down with writers and editors to discuss our most thought-provoking stories in science and math. Audio editions of Quanta’s stories with Susan Valot will appear biweekly on Thursdays.

All Episodes about geometry

15 pentagon tessellations

Pentagon Tiling Proof Solves Century-Old Math Problem

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Thomas Royen by Rüdiger Nehmzow

A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost

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3-D Fractals Offer Clues to Complex Systems

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The Oracle of Arithmetic

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Sphere Packing Solved in Higher Dimensions

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A Life in Games

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