{"id":12138,"date":"2019-04-23T10:57:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=12138"},"modified":"2022-03-21T16:58:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:58:47","slug":"youtube-math-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/youtube-math-pioneer\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Math Pioneer, Author to Speak at K"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12142\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12142\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/YouTube-Math-Pioneer-Eugenia-Cheng-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Math Pioneer Eugenia Cheng\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/YouTube-Math-Pioneer-Eugenia-Cheng-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/YouTube-Math-Pioneer-Eugenia-Cheng-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/YouTube-Math-Pioneer-Eugenia-Cheng-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/YouTube-Math-Pioneer-Eugenia-Cheng-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/04\/YouTube-Math-Pioneer-Eugenia-Cheng.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eugenia Cheng was an early pioneer of math on YouTube and her videos have been viewed around 15 million times to date. She will deliver two lectures May 1 at Kalamazoo College.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A YouTube math pioneer, author, pianist and scientist <a href=\"http:\/\/eugeniacheng.com\/\">interviewed on \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d<\/a> and featured in the <em>New York Times<\/em>, <em>Wired<\/em> and the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> will deliver two lectures on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at Kalamazoo College.<\/p>\n<p>Eugenia Cheng, Ph.D., the Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, will address \u201cInclusion and Exclusion in Math\u201d at 4:10 p.m. in Room 207 at <a href=\"https:\/\/map.concept3d.com\/?id=198#!m\/183148\">Olds Upton Science Hall<\/a>. This lecture, designed for math majors and faculty, will encourage less divisive conversations to explore why women are underrepresented in math.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Art of Logic<em>,\u201d <\/em>part of the Jennifer Mills Lecture Series, will attempt to find the truth buried beneath sound bites, spin, memes, divisive arguments and \u201cfake news\u201d by teaching attendees to think like a mathematician to decipher what people are really saying. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in Room 103 at <a href=\"https:\/\/map.concept3d.com\/?id=198#!m\/182204\">Dewing Hall<\/a>; it is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Cheng\u2019s work encompasses research in category theory, undergraduate teaching, authoring mathematics books for a general audience, public speaking, professional development for teachers, mathematical art and music. Cheng was an early pioneer of math on YouTube and her videos have been viewed around 15 million times to date. Her books, which will be available for purchase after the evening lecture, include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basicbooks.com\/titles\/eugenia-cheng\/how-to-bake-pi\/9780465097678\/\">How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics,<\/a><\/em> which provides an accessible introduction to the logic and beauty of math, powered by insights from the kitchen.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basicbooks.com\/titles\/eugenia-cheng\/the-art-of-logic-in-an-illogical-world\/9781541672482\/\">The Art of Logic: How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn\u2019t<\/a><\/em>, which uses math to help readers know when politicians and companies are trying to mislead their stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/eugenia-cheng\/beyond-infinity\/9780465094820\/\">Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics<\/a><\/em>, which considers why some numbers are uncountable by planning a dinner party for 7 billion people using a chessboard, making a chicken-sandwich sandwich, and creating infinite cookies from a finite ball of dough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cheng earned tenure in pure mathematics at the University of Sheffield in England, where she now is an honorary fellow. She also has taught at Cambridge University, the University of Chicago and the University of Nice. She holds a Ph.D. in pure mathematics from Cambridge. Learn more about her <a href=\"http:\/\/eugeniacheng.com\/\">at her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Mills \u201982 earned a degree in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/mathematics\/\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/physics\/\">physics<\/a> from K. After graduating, she worked a few years as a teacher in the physics laboratory at the General Motors Institute, now Kettering University, before beginning graduate work in physics at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. Shortly before her death in 1990, Mills created a fund at K to support public lectures in science and math by women or minority speakers. 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She will deliver two lectures May 1 at Kalamazoo College.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A YouTube math pioneer, author, pianist and scientist <a href=\"http:\/\/eugeniacheng.com\/\">interviewed on \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d<\/a> and featured in the <em>New York Times<\/em>, <em>Wired<\/em> and the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> will deliver two lectures on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at Kalamazoo College.<\/p>\n<p>Eugenia Cheng, Ph.D., the Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, will address \u201cInclusion and Exclusion in Math\u201d at 4:10 p.m. in Room 207 at <a href=\"https:\/\/map.concept3d.com\/?id=198#!m\/183148\">Olds Upton Science Hall<\/a>. This lecture, designed for math majors and faculty, will encourage less divisive conversations to explore why women are underrepresented in math.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Art of Logic<em>,\u201d <\/em>part of the Jennifer Mills Lecture Series, will attempt to find the truth buried beneath sound bites, spin, memes, divisive arguments and \u201cfake news\u201d by teaching attendees to think like a mathematician to decipher what people are really saying. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in Room 103 at <a href=\"https:\/\/map.concept3d.com\/?id=198#!m\/182204\">Dewing Hall<\/a>; it is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Cheng\u2019s work encompasses research in category theory, undergraduate teaching, authoring mathematics books for a general audience, public speaking, professional development for teachers, mathematical art and music. Cheng was an early pioneer of math on YouTube and her videos have been viewed around 15 million times to date. Her books, which will be available for purchase after the evening lecture, include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basicbooks.com\/titles\/eugenia-cheng\/how-to-bake-pi\/9780465097678\/\">How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics,<\/a><\/em> which provides an accessible introduction to the logic and beauty of math, powered by insights from the kitchen.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basicbooks.com\/titles\/eugenia-cheng\/the-art-of-logic-in-an-illogical-world\/9781541672482\/\">The Art of Logic: How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn\u2019t<\/a><\/em>, which uses math to help readers know when politicians and companies are trying to mislead their stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/eugenia-cheng\/beyond-infinity\/9780465094820\/\">Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics<\/a><\/em>, which considers why some numbers are uncountable by planning a dinner party for 7 billion people using a chessboard, making a chicken-sandwich sandwich, and creating infinite cookies from a finite ball of dough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cheng earned tenure in pure mathematics at the University of Sheffield in England, where she now is an honorary fellow. She also has taught at Cambridge University, the University of Chicago and the University of Nice. She holds a Ph.D. in pure mathematics from Cambridge. Learn more about her <a href=\"http:\/\/eugeniacheng.com\/\">at her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Mills \u201982 earned a degree in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/mathematics\/\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/physics\/\">physics<\/a> from K. After graduating, she worked a few years as a teacher in the physics laboratory at the General Motors Institute, now Kettering University, before beginning graduate work in physics at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. Shortly before her death in 1990, Mills created a fund at K to support public lectures in science and math by women or minority speakers. The lecture series each year brings experts in the natural sciences, math, computer science, history, philosophy or sociology to the College.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12138"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12292,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12138\/revisions\/12292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12138"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=12138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}