An interview series · Coming soon
Office Hours with Non-Mathematicians
Mathematics is often present as structure before it is present as calculation.
What does mathematics look like outside a mathematics classroom? I interview people in economics, science, the humanities, trades, and other professions about the questions that matter in their work. Then I pull out one idea, build a simplified worked example, and reveal the mathematical ideas underneath—without assuming advanced mathematics.
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Interviews are underway and articles are in development, including stories about matching people to opportunities, gravity models of international trade, and networks in archaeology. This page will become the home for new stories as they are published.
Upcoming Articles
Three conversations, three fields, and three different ways mathematics helps us understand the world.
Economics · Market design
Office Hours with a Matching Theorist
When preferences become mathematics
How do hospitals and medical graduates find the right match? Follow a worked example of preferences, assignments, and stable matching.
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Economics · International trade
Office Hours with a Gravity Theorist
Why do some countries trade more than others? Explore how economic size and distance connect to the mathematics of gravity models.
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Archaeology · Networks
Office Hours with a Network Theorist
What can objects left behind tell us about ancient communities? See how networks help archaeologists study sources, connections, and exchange.
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Office hours in reverse: start with someone else's problem, and discover the mathematics together.