Science and Creativity from Studio 360   /     Now We're Cooking with Math

Subtitle
Nothing clears a dinner party faster than talking about math. But maybe what the subject needs is a friendly ambassador. Someone like Eugenia Cheng, who teaches math to artists studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She’s found the...
Duration
14:36
Publishing date
2016-11-07 20:57
Link
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sciencecreativity/sloan_EugeniaCheng_BNC.mp3
Contributors
Enclosures
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sciencecreativity/sloan_EugeniaCheng_BNC.mp3?dest-id=113684
audio/mpeg

Shownotes

Nothing clears a dinner party faster than talking about math. But maybe what the subject needs is a friendly ambassador. Someone like Eugenia Cheng, who teaches math to artists studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She’s found the ideal vehicle for teaching math to people who don’t think it’s for them: baked goods. Her book is called "How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics" The book is full of real recipes that Cheng uses to explain math concepts. She visited Kurt at his home to talk math and bake one of the recipes from the book, for chocolate lava cupcakes.