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Episode Synopsis
Summer hiatus is over with a banger of an episode! Abbas Jaffary, a mathematician and roller derby referee, joined Leah to talk about The Chicago Knockouts Roller Derby League and his love of math. Leah and Abbas also share a love of How Did This Get Made, the podcast that brings all people together.
Follow Abbas online
Mathematics for Misfits: https://linktr.ee/mathematicsformisfits
Accessible Mathematics:https://www.accessiblemath.info/
Chicago Knockouts and Chicago Knockouts on Tik Tok.
Show Notes
How Did This Get Made?: https://hdtgm.com/
Live Lit: https://bookriot.com/what-is-live-lit-and-how-can-i-read-it/
Dinosaur: https://www.paulscheer.com/dinosaur
Rock 'N' America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27N%27_America
Chicago Shred Union on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicagoshred/
Chicago Outfit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicagooutfit/
The Crimson Vixen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_thecrimsonvixen_/
SteMartaen: https://stemartaen.com/
Plant-Based Skate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantbasedskate/
The Village of Homewood: https://www.village.homewood.il.us/
RollerCon: https://rollercon.com/
Improv Olympic (IO): https://ioimprov.com/
CFA Institute: https://www.cfainstitute.org/
College of DuPage: https://www.cod.edu/
Hyperspace by Michio Kaku: https://bookshop.org/p/books/hyperspace-a-scientific-odyssey-through-parallel-universes-time-warps-and-the-10th-dimens-ion-michio-kaku/8648999?ean=9780385477055
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC): https://www.uic.edu/
Georg Cantor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Cantor
The p-adic numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-adic_number
P-adic Numbers: An Introduction by Fernando Q. Gouvêa: https://bookshop.org/p/books/p-adic-numbers-an-introduction-fernando-q-gouvea/14521230?ean=9783030472948
P-adic Numbers, p-adic Analysis, and Zeta-Functions by Neal Koblitz: https://bookshop.org/p/books/p-adic-numbers-p-adic-analysis-and-zeta-functions-neal-koblitz/8668219?ean=9780387960173
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/
Dr. Louis H. Kauffman: https://homepages.math.uic.edu/~kauffman/
Edward Witten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Witten
Qiskit: https://www.ibm.com/quantum/qiskit
PsiQuantum: https://www.psiquantum.com/
MathJax: https://www.mathjax.org/
MathML: https://www.w3.org/Math/
Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at [email protected]
Support Finding Favorites by shopping for books by guests or recommended by guests on Bookshop.
Follow Abbas online
Mathematics for Misfits: https://linktr.ee/mathematicsformisfits
Accessible Mathematics:https://www.accessiblemath.info/
Chicago Knockouts and Chicago Knockouts on Tik Tok.
Show Notes
How Did This Get Made?: https://hdtgm.com/
Live Lit: https://bookriot.com/what-is-live-lit-and-how-can-i-read-it/
Dinosaur: https://www.paulscheer.com/dinosaur
Rock 'N' America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27N%27_America
Chicago Shred Union on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicagoshred/
Chicago Outfit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicagooutfit/
The Crimson Vixen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_thecrimsonvixen_/
SteMartaen: https://stemartaen.com/
Plant-Based Skate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantbasedskate/
The Village of Homewood: https://www.village.homewood.il.us/
RollerCon: https://rollercon.com/
Improv Olympic (IO): https://ioimprov.com/
CFA Institute: https://www.cfainstitute.org/
College of DuPage: https://www.cod.edu/
Hyperspace by Michio Kaku: https://bookshop.org/p/books/hyperspace-a-scientific-odyssey-through-parallel-universes-time-warps-and-the-10th-dimens-ion-michio-kaku/8648999?ean=9780385477055
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC): https://www.uic.edu/
Georg Cantor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Cantor
The p-adic numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-adic_number
P-adic Numbers: An Introduction by Fernando Q. Gouvêa: https://bookshop.org/p/books/p-adic-numbers-an-introduction-fernando-q-gouvea/14521230?ean=9783030472948
P-adic Numbers, p-adic Analysis, and Zeta-Functions by Neal Koblitz: https://bookshop.org/p/books/p-adic-numbers-p-adic-analysis-and-zeta-functions-neal-koblitz/8668219?ean=9780387960173
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/
Dr. Louis H. Kauffman: https://homepages.math.uic.edu/~kauffman/
Edward Witten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Witten
Qiskit: https://www.ibm.com/quantum/qiskit
PsiQuantum: https://www.psiquantum.com/
MathJax: https://www.mathjax.org/
MathML: https://www.w3.org/Math/
Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at [email protected]
Support Finding Favorites by shopping for books by guests or recommended by guests on Bookshop.
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