The Beauty of Mathematics: It Can Never Lie to You
b'A few years back, a prospective doctoral student sought out Sylvia Serfaty with some existential questions about the apparent uselessness of pure math. Serfaty, then newly decorated with the prestigious Henri Poincar\\xe9 Prize, won him over simply by being honest and nice. \\u201cShe was very warm and understanding and human,\\u201d said Thomas Lebl\\xe9, now an instructor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'