Untangling Why Knots Are Important
The Joy of Why - A podcast by Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine
Everyone knows what a knot is. But they have special significance in math and science because their properties can help unlock hidden secrets like the biochemistry of DNA or the geometry of three-dimensional spaces. In this episode, Steven Strogatz explores the mysteries of knots with the mathematicians Colin Adams and Lisa Piccirillo.
