The Nature of Mathematics: Michael Randy Gabel at TEDxGeorgeMasonU

Talk given at TEDxGeorgeMasonU, April 6th 2013.
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Dr. Michael Randy Gabel is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Integrative Studies in George Mason University's New Century College. He received a B.S. in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Brandeis University. Professor Gabel's career at GMU spans nearly 35 years. His TEDx talk compares the nature & structure of mathematics to music. He then goes on to discuss how math is usually lost on most people in school.