Stereotypes of Mathematics and Mathematicians

16/06/2021 18 min Temporada 1 Episodio 25

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Will Murray, chair of the math department at California State University, Long Beach, discusses popular stereotypes of mathematicians and what they do when they do mathematics. Is it all lone geniuses generating big numbers? If so many people dislike mathematical thinking, why is Sudoku so popular?