Why the World’s Best Mathematicians Are Hoarding Chalk

Why it was recommended

Pretty amusing they were stockpiling it and some were chalk dealers on the side.

RecommendationReedx · Original2019-06

What it covers

A short Great Big Story piece about Hagoromo, a Japanese chalk brand so prized that mathematicians stockpiled it, with some reportedly dealing it on the side. It tells the. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

Great Big Story

Length

3 min 33 sec

Year

2019

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