Mathematician and author Eugenia Cheng discusses her book Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths, where she aims to liberate math from its shackles to show how human curiosity, creativity, rule-breaking and seemingly silly questions can point us to some of mathematics’ most profound answers.

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Eugenia Cheng is Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and honorary visiting fellow at City, University of London. She has authored numerous titles, including How to Bake Pi, Beyond Infinity, The Art of Logic, and x + y.

Moderated by Ben Collins-Sussman.