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Author Archives: Beth Malmskog
Category Theory and Context: An Interview with Emily Riehl
Emily Riehl is an incredibly accomplished early-career mathematician, working at the interface of category theory and homotopy theory. She is also a stunning number of other things, including a creative interdisciplinary scholar, working musician, and high-level athlete. A brief career outline: she … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged bridge, games, math conferences, social aspects of math
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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
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Tagged BIRS, Books, Cathy O'Neil, Genius at Play, John Horton Conway, Richard Guy, Weapons of Math Destruction
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