Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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This one's for the math nerds, teachers, and forever students. Mathematician Eugenia Cheng, the Scientist in Residence at the Art Institute of Chicago, explores the surprising way that the logical quality of math is revolutionary in a time when humans can struggle to understand other perspectives in this conversation with Golden Apple award-winner Luke Albrecht from 2017.


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Watch the full conversation here (youtube.com/watch?v=cCn45UAjIzI) .


Read the podcast transcript (chicagohumanities.org/media/podcast-mt-cheng/) .


CW: Accessible math concepts


PHOTO: Eugenia Cheng and Luke Albrecht on stage at the Fine Arts Building at the Chicago Humanities Spring Festival in 2017. (assets.chicagohumanities.org/uploads/images/EugeniaChengStill.width-800.jpg)


eugeniacheng.com (eugeniacheng.com/)


Eugenia Cheng, Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics (semcoop.com/beyond-infinity-expedition-outer-limits-mathematics)


 


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