The Life of Alexander Grothendieck & Topos Theory | Colin McLarty

Colin McLarty is an American philosopher and mathematician renowned for his contributions to category theory, particularly in the philosophy of mathematics, and for his role as a leading scholar on the works of mathematician Saunders Mac Lane. Curt's "String Theory Iceberg":    • The Mathematics of String Theory [Graduate...   Join TOEmail at https://www.curtjaimungal.org Timestamps: 00:00 - Journey Into Math 03:40 - Students 06:35 - Richard Borcherds 16:25 - Grothendieck in Kansas 20:07 - His Special Powers 21:00 - Teaching 24:30 - Manifolds 27:15 - Accomplishments of Grothendieck 39:52 - Perelman 43:25 - Topos Theory 59:20 - Fermat's Last Theorem 01:11:20 - Godel's Theorem 01:32:10 - One Question For Grothendieck 01:38:30 - Support TOE Links Mentioned: Richard Borcherds YouTube:    • Richard Borcherds: Monster Group, String T...   Fermat's Last Theorem Paper: https://philpapers.org/rec/MCLWDI-2 Calculus on Manifolds (Spivak): https://amzn.to/3RkIVBy Lectures on Analysis (Princeton Lectures on Analysis) (Stein, Shakarchi): https://amzn.to/4b1Aj9Z Feynman Lectures on Physics: https://amzn.to/3VnPjJe Support TOE: I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Patreon:   / curtjaimungal   (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch Follow TOE: NEW Get my 'Top 10 TOEs' PDF + Weekly Personal Updates: https://www.curtjaimungal.org Instagram:   / theoriesofeverythingpod   TikTok:   / theoriesofeverything_   Twitter:   / toewithcurt   Discord Invite:   / discord   iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9... Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything:   / theoriesofeverything   Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @theoriesofeverything   #science #math