This article first appeared in The Hindu on November 5, 2022
If you mime a silent Edvard Munch scream every time you see a mathematical problem, perhaps it is time to take a closer look at how much of our life is actually governed by numbers and equations. “Maths has the potential to connect us to universal truths that we can each access directly with our bodies and minds,” says Vijay Ravikumar, a mathematician with a penchant for puppetry and theatre arts.
Ravikumar recently premiered the “Geometry of Vision” series of online learning modules, which examines how we make visual sense of the world around us through Maths. The course has been developed with the support of the National Programme of Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) and is available free online. In India, students can take it for credit at their home institution.