How does maths influence our everyday life? - with Eugenia Cheng

The world of mathematics is vast and connects with many aspects of our lives – and you don’t need a formal mathematical background to understand it.

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This lecture was recorded at the Ri on 5 April 2024.

Join mathematician and popular science author Eugenia Cheng as she sheds light on abstract mathematical ideas with examples of social justice, current events, and everyday life.

In this talk, discover how mathematics can be flexible, creative, and visual and how it’s impacting our lives.

Dr Eugenia Cheng is a mathematician, educator, author, public speaker, columnist, concert pianist and artist. She is Scientist In Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She won tenure in Pure Mathematics at the University of Sheffield, UK and is now Honorary Visiting Fellow at City, University of London. She has previously taught at the Universities of Cambridge, Chicago and Nice and holds a PhD in pure mathematics from the University of Cambridge. Alongside her research in Category Theory and undergraduate teaching her aim is to rid the world of “math phobia”.

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