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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Bridges
One of my friends recently suggested that I write a blog about how to deal with the stress of going to conferences when you are an introvert. This is a great topic, and I am not the most outgoing person … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, social aspects of math life
Tagged bridge, games, math conferences, social aspects of math
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When early-career meets early-family
When my husband was first starting out in grad school, he took a crosslisted graduate/undergraduate physics class. One day the professor looked away from the board for a moment, gazed out at the class, and said, seemingly apropos of nothing, “Academia … Continue reading
New Installment of Math Book Club. Also, Talking Math Life at BIRS with Richard Guy
GA Math Book Club Continues My spring and summer reading has been dominated by Swedish noir and giant historical novels, most recently the incredible A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel. The French Revolution—Aaaaaaaaaaah! So brutal! However, I needed … Continue reading
Posted in books, conferences, meeting famous mathematicians
Tagged BIRS, Books, Cathy O'Neil, Genius at Play, John Horton Conway, Richard Guy, Weapons of Math Destruction
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