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Talk, Annual Schewe Lecture – University of Wisconsin Madison

September 26 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

  • « Talk, John Hopkins University – Baltimore (Conference)
  • Lecture-Recital, Carleton College, with baritone Peter Wesoloski »
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Date:
September 26
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Event Category:
Talks
Website:
https://www.library.wisc.edu/friends/events/
  • « Talk, John Hopkins University – Baltimore (Conference)
  • Lecture-Recital, Carleton College, with baritone Peter Wesoloski »

New Book

The Art of Logic:
How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn’t

Emotions are powerful. In newspaper headlines and on social media, they have become the primary way of understanding the world. But strong feelings make it more difficult to see the reality behind the rhetoric. In The Art of Logic, Eugenia Cheng shows how mathematical logic can help us see things more clearly – and know when politicians and companies are trying to mislead us.

First Cheng explains how to use black-and-white logic to illuminate the world around us, giving us new insight into thorny political questions like public healthcare, Black Lives Matter and Brexit. Then she explains how logic and emotions, used side-by-side, can help us not only to be more rational individuals, but also to live more thoughtfully.

Clear-sighted, revelatory and filled with useful real-life examples of logic and illogic at work, The Art of Logic is an essential guide to decoding modern life.

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Also by Eugenia

How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics

In How to Bake Pi, math professor Eugenia Cheng provides an accessible introduction to the logic and beauty of mathematics, powered, unexpectedly, by insights from the kitchen. We learn how the béchamel in a lasagna can be a lot like the number five, and why making a good custard proves that math is easy but life is hard.

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Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics

Imagine something small enough to fit in your head but too large to fit in the world-or even the universe. What would you call it? And what would it be? How about…infinity? In Beyond Infinity Eugenia Cheng answers this question by taking readers on a startling journey from math at its most elemental to its loftiest abstractions.

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About Eugenia

Dr Eugenia Cheng is Scientist In Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Alongside her research in Category Theory and undergraduate teaching her aim is to rid the world of “math phobia”.  Her first popular math book, How to Bake Pi, was published by Basic Books in 2015 to widespread acclaim acclaim. Her next book, Beyond Infinity, was published in 2017. Eugenia is also math columnist for the Wall Street Journal, a concert pianist and founder of the Liederstube.

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Upcoming Talks

  • Talk, Annual Schewe Lecture – University of Wisconsin Madison

    September 26 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

  • Talk, Carleton College and St. Olaf: Math Across the Cannon

    October 3 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

  • Talks, “Math Tour” Program on Math Outreach, Panama

    October 10 @ 8:00 am - October 12 @ 5:00 pm

  • Talk, Illinois Library Association

    October 23 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Upcoming Concerts

  • Lecture-Recital, Carleton College, with baritone Peter Wesoloski

    October 2 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

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