John Milnor (Fields Medal, 1962) shares his wisdom on the value of talking to mathematicians to exchange research ideas and the significance of interdisciplinary research.
Interviewed at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences on July 19, 2017, in Toronto, Canada.
Directed and produced by Adnan Zuberi (and thanks to Bryan Eelhart and Malgosia Ip for the help) of the Fields Institute.
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Multimedia credits:
- Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Soundtrack: Thannoid. Album: Bodytonic (Creative Commons License)
- MRI-based CFD simulation of CSF flow in a Chiari malformation patient by Bryn Martin (Creative Commons License)
- Visualizing the sphere and the hyperbolic plane - five projections each by David Madore (Creative Commons License)
- Numberphile RSA-129 (Creative Commons License)