Is Maths Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths Eugenia Cheng Profile (2023) For many people, the word mathematics evokes bad memories from their school years. Some develop ...

Eugenia Cheng wears many hats: mathematician, pianist, professor, author and scientist-in-residence at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. With perseverance and vision, she has built a career ...

Baking is not my strong point. So when I have houseguests, I dash to a bakery to grab dessert and am often spoiled for choice. Given the huge selection of appetizing cakes and tarts, I find it ...

When we're ruminating or worrying, it's often because we have a complex problem to solve. Mathematicians solve complex problems, but do it systematically. They have a process that helps them break ...

Reading a math paper is a bit like having dinner at a nice restaurant. The entrée might taste delicious, but it doesn’t tell the full story of how it was made. Clever recipes that end up tasting funky ...

This episode traces the role of HBCUs and mentors in growing the community of Black mathematicians. The episode relates stories of prominent African American mathematicians who struggled through ...

How many atoms are there in the observable universe? Current estimates point to a number we would write as 1 followed by 80 zeroes, or 10 80. If you peered inside each of these atoms and counted their ...