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Category Archives: books
Hello, World!
Hello, World! I am Katherine (Kate) Thompson, and I’m a new co-editor for this blog. In a few weeks, I will be starting a tenure-track position at the United States Naval Academy. My basic bio and CV-esque stats can be … Continue reading
Posted in attracting math majors, bias, blogging, books, community engagement, dealing with rejection, job search, joint math meetings, minorities in mathematics, outreach, Welcome!
Tagged diversity, inclusivity, job market, Welcome
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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
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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Join My GA Math Book Club
Reading is a vice for me—I can lose hours, nights of sleep, whole weekends in novels. Often I read non-fiction to keep from getting so sucked in, and mostly that means general audience (GA) math. Everyone who has read many … Continue reading