Friday, February 3, 2012
12:00 AM
1360 East Hall
Tanya Khovanova, MIT and math blogger
Tanya Khovanova is a mathematician associated with MIT, but is probably most well-known for her fun and popular math blog. She writes about a large variety of accessible topics, including "Math as an Aphrodisiac," "Polite Gender Bias," "Why are We Losing Female Mathematicians," statistics, math education, and math humor. Following her talk on convex geometry, she will be discussing gender imbalance in math.
The event is free and open to the public.
Tanya Khovanova is a mathematician associated with MIT, but is probably most well-known for her fun and popular math blog. She writes about a large variety of accessible topics, including "Math as an Aphrodisiac," "Polite Gender Bias," "Why are We Losing Female Mathematicians," statistics, math education, and math humor. Following her talk on convex geometry, she will be discussing gender imbalance in math.
The event is free and open to the public.
