Special Guest: Steve Strogatz, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell & Bethe House Fellow
Topic: “The Math Myth”
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Hans Bethe House 125
Open to everyone: you are welcome to invite others who might be interested
In case you’d like to prepare:
The discussion will be a free-wheeling exchange of ideas
about the issues raised by Andrew Hacker
in his controversial 2012 NYT op-ed
which then led to his book “The Math Myth”, which is stirring up even more controversy these days, e.g.,
and