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Podcast: Math—It’s Not Just Numbers
More than addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, mathematics is a “whole unexplored universe which has no boundaries,” says our guest, Laura DeMarco. In this episode, we reconsider not only what math is but also what it can do—and who can do it.
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On Radcliffe Day 2024—Friday, May 24—Harvard Radcliffe Institute will award the Radcliffe Medal to Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Before Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin RI ’17 honors Sotomayor with the Radcliffe Medal, our program will explore how—even when political discord, cultural differences, and polarized debates divide us—we can work together toward a future that advances equal rights for all. Speakers will include Mary Bonauto, Jerome Foster II, Martha Minow EdM ’76, RI ’18, Rita Moreno, Melissa Murray, and Nina Perales. Visit our Linktree for full event details and speaker information.
Today, in honor of #PiDay, we bring you an episode of BornCurious featuring the mathematician Laura DeMarco. She and our cohosts reconsider not only what math is but also what it can do—and who can do it. To find the podcast episode, visit our Linktree. Photo by @photorinaldo
Is losing an hour of sleep when we spring ahead for daylight saving time really that big a deal? On this week's episode of our podcast, BornCurious, we talk to Elizabeth B. Klerman, an expert on sleep and circadian rhythms, about the effects of this time adjustVisit our Linktree to listen!