Landau Lectures| Prof. Thurston | Part 1 | 1995/6

"Mathematics foundation is the creativity of the human brain" - well, this is a paraphrase of what he says; and, I agree.  This is what I've come to think of as well.  Any more gets too detailed for now.

I saw this animation on a documentary about Andrew Wiles.  i n s a n e  ! thanks so much.

The sound quality sucked.

a genius, undoubtedly

Bro I’m in a tesseract

Thanks three- dimensional geometry and topology are important .

Thurston as mathematician did great things to me , in topology and geometrical entropy too.

Please do not allow "sound quality" in the first few minutes to deter you from watching this video. The person who is introducing Thurston simply isn't wearing a microphone. Thurston does. If you actually take the time to WATCH the video the sound quality of the actual lecture is fine.

The projection on the screen is awful blurry geez.

Never have understood why a poorly presented lesson like this reaches "mythical" status. Twenty minutes in, I see a poor presentation technique, poor graphical images, a disjointed speaking style, and difficulty with even basic teaching skills. After 30 minutes in, I don't find it creative at all. The topic can be presented in a much more interesting and professional manner. Maybe start out with using the terms, intrinsic and extrinsic as part of the discussion. The topic is interesting but this instructor is not.