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What is symmetry?

From the podcast Maths for Kids / Maths is Not Boring: The Kids Maths Podcast

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Have you ever looked closely at a snowflake landing on your mitten and wondered why it looks like a perfect little star? Join Mira and Finn as they uncover the amazing, invisible rules of the universe! In this mind-bending episode, you will discover the magical math of symmetry—the reason why spinning a snowflake, flipping a butterfly's wing, or sliding a honeycomb leaves them looking exactly the same! But symmetry isn't just a cool trick of shapes. You will travel back in time to 1915 to meet Emmy Noether, a brilliant mathematician who solved a massive puzzle that even stumped Albert Einstein. She proved that every time you see symmetry in nature, the universe is actually hiding a secret law of physics! From water molecules shaped like tiny Mickey Mouse heads freezing into perfect hexagons, to bouncing balls traveling forward in time, get ready to see the world in a whole new way. Math has never been this beautiful!