An Ivy League professor explains chaos theory, the prisoner's dilemma, and why math isn't really bor

Math is a cool way for us to understand the world we live in. And to that end Business Insider recently spoke with Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. Strogatz specializes in areas of nonlinear dynamics and complex systems, and he is the author of the wonderful "Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity." He talked to us about game theory, "elegant" math, math education, and the effectiveness of models in...