Episode 038: Category Theory for Normal Humans with Dr. Eugenia Cheng
July 5th, 2017 · 1 hr 9 mins
About this Episode
00:16 – Welcome to “Shopping is Hard; Let’s Do Math!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”; Eugenia’s Introduction
Books:
- How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
- Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics
YouTube Channels:
- TheCatsters
- TheMathsters
Articles:
01:54 – Getting Into Math: Is math useful? Is that the point?
A Mathematician’s Lament by Paul Lockhart
20:17 – Category Theory
Textbooks:
- Categories for the Working Mathematician
- Category Theory (Oxford Logic Guides)
- Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories
38:17 – Changing the Terminology Around Gender to Focus on Character Traits Instead: Congressive and Ingressive Behavior
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