Eugenia Cheng
Mathematician, educator and pianist
Eugenia Cheng is a mathematician, educator and pianist who aims to rid the world of math phobia. She is the author of The Art of Logic.
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British Born in Hampshire, United Kingdom
About Eugenia Cheng
Eugenia Cheng earned her doctorate in pure mathematics at the University of Cambridge and was later granted tenure at the University of Sheffield. Her research is in category theory, and she has taught at the Universities of Cambridge, Chicago and Nice. She has also worked as the resident scientist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Cheng is known for explaining mathematics to people who are not mathematicians, often through food and baking. She published her debut popular math book, How to Bake Pi, in 2015. Beyond Infinity followed in 2017 and was shortlisted for a Royal Society science book prize, and The Art of Logic came out in 2018. Outside of books, she writes the Everyday Math column for the Wall Street Journal. She is also a concert pianist who specializes in lieder and art song.