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Ever wonder what it would be like if your math teacher was like, the editor of TMZ and like, if your textbook was filled with juicy goss about all of those seemingly-boring-actually-scandalous mathematicians that plagued your high school existence? Today Vanessa talks to Sunil Singh about how different our relationship to math would be if we humanized mathematics through storytelling, and - he spills the TEA, bigtime!
About Sunil
Sunil Singh was a high school math and physics teacher for 19 years and has taught every grade level in places from Canada to Switzerland. He is the author of Pi of Life: The Hidden Happiness of Mathematics and Math Recess: Playful Learning in an Age of Disruption. He is also a co-editor at Q.E.D., a very popular blog for "disruptive" math writing, and was also a regular writer for The New York Times Numberplay section.
Follow Sunil on Twitter @Mathgarden
Today’s show notes & links: themathguru.ca/maththerapy/sunilsingh
Reach Vanessa on all socials: @themathguru
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Text us about this episode!
Ever wonder what it would be like if your math teacher was like, the editor of TMZ and like, if your textbook was filled with juicy goss about all of those seemingly-boring-actually-scandalous mathematicians that plagued your high school existence? Today Vanessa talks to Sunil Singh about how different our relationship to math would be if we humanized mathematics through storytelling, and - he spills the TEA, bigtime!
About Sunil
Sunil Singh was a high school math and physics teacher for 19 years and has taught every grade level in places from Canada to Switzerland. He is the author of Pi of Life: The Hidden Happiness of Mathematics and Math Recess: Playful Learning in an Age of Disruption. He is also a co-editor at Q.E.D., a very popular blog for "disruptive" math writing, and was also a regular writer for The New York Times Numberplay section.
Follow Sunil on Twitter @Mathgarden
Today’s show notes & links: themathguru.ca/maththerapy/sunilsingh
Reach Vanessa on all socials: @themathguru
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