Math Goes Pop! - CNN Light Years Guest Post: How Professors' Dads Made Math Fun

CNN Light Years Guest Post: How Professors' Dads Made Math Fun

June 15, 2012

Hi all,

This weekend's Father's Day celebrations have inspired my monthly article over at the CNN Light Years blog. Here's a sample:

There are many misconceptions about mathematicians in popular culture. For example, windows and mirrors do not make for the best writing surfaces, despite what you might assume from "A Beautiful Mind" or "Good Will Hunting."

Mathematicians are also frequently portrayed as painfully socially awkward. And while this is sometimes the case, the true range of personality types is much more varied. Even among the more socially awkward, it is not uncommon for mathematicians to fall in love, marry and start a family.

What must it be like to grow up in a household with a mathematician? In the spirit of Father's Day, I spoke with two mathematicians whose fathers were also mathematicians about what it's like being raised in a mathematical household

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