Interview with Richard Schwartz

Richard is a math professor at Brown University as well as an author of very funny books about math for kids! Enjoy learning about Richard and his adventures in the world of math and art :)

Richard's webpage: https://www.math.brown.edu/reschwar/

Chapters:

0:00 teaser

0:33 why math books for kids

5:22 crazy cool visualizations vs obsessions

8:50 most of math is failure

13:23 accessibility vs precision in papers

17:55 what about abstract more math

23:25 being Thurston's student

29:32 advice for those who feel not good enough at math

32:42 how Richard almost quit math

34:41 story from Mura about Berkeley woods

35:45 Richard's famous April 1st prank

43:16 and other pranks

44:43 and the mask! oh my god the mask