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Daniel Finkel / Love for Math

Dreaming up weird mathematical principles might not be “useful” in today’s world, but 50 years into the future, your “weird” discovery could solve major problems. That’s the awesomeness of math!

Click above to listen to Part 4 of Math’s Paths, featuring Daniel Finkel, mathematician and founder and director of operations at “Math for Love,” discussing how math can be taught in a way that engages, rather than repels, young minds.

Check out his solutions to the coin problem here.

Math’s Paths:

Part 1: Eugenia Cheng / Baking Pi

Part 2: Shankar Venkataramani / Squishy Robots

Part 3: Steve Strogatz / Compelling Calculus

Part 4: Daniel Finkel / Love for Math

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