Dr Eugenia Cheng -- no advice please --

Eugenia Cheng walking on stage in a blue tux.

Love this official pic from the Chicago Public Library Foundation awards dinner! I was very honored to be, uh, honored. The announcer was Bill Kurtis, who might have the most recognisable announcing voice in Chicago.

@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social told @npr.org “I love the idea that Pascal, at the age of 19, was just bored of doing the arithmetic for his dad at work... ‘I don’t want to do this anymore’—just like any teenager would and should—and went, ‘I’m going to make a machine instead that will do it for me.’”

Highly recommend if you like this sort of thing! Last year was my first.

Drinks by the Dram Scotch whisky advent calendar front

Drinks by the Dram Scotch whisky advent calendar inside showing 25 windows

This year′s advent calendar has arrived!!

Interesting!

Join authors @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social @onlinekyne.bsky.social Anthony Bonato @profnoahgian.bsky.social Siobhan Roberts @patchenbarss.bsky.social Paula Rowinska for Writing Math: a free hybrid event @fieldsinstitute.bsky.social, Oct 25 @ 2:30 PM ET RSVP → shorturl.at/fbQ2v

Yes I made a papier mâché torus. Because...manifolds. what fun!!

Yes I used a slinky for structure. I did half at a time, took them off the slinky and then stuck them together...

Ooh choice dark roast or light roast coffee at a conference! Amazing! (I much prefer light roast but have never seen it at a conference)

Register here for the hybrid workshop (Zoom & in-person Toronto):

fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...

Amazing line-up:
Paula Rowinska
Anthony Bonato
@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social
@1autumnleaf.bsky.social
@profnoahgian.bsky.social
Siobhan Roberts
@onlinekyne.bsky.social
@patchenbarss.bsky.social

Anyway I do think that talk venues should have digital clocks if they want people to stay on time. But they often don't, so I bring my own. (Or I pack my own and then forget to bring it to the venue!)

It required downloading an app!!! ??? Imagine needing a whole new app to turn off screen timeout. (The maximum length before that was 10 mins. It would possibly do infinity if plugged in but I didn't try as I need it unplugged.)

My talk on Thursday was the second time I've packed my digital clock but forgotten to bring it with me to the talk - boo. I figured out how to turn my ipad into a clock and keep the screen on, because I have previously failed to get my phone to do it. But I've now sat down and figured out the phone

I still drink coffee and go straight to sleep. I wish caffeine would keep me awake. It doesn′t.

I know a lot is going on, but can we talk about the fact that people apparently drank coffee all night long right up through the '70s and then just… went to bed?

Did they not sleep? Did all the smoking and drinking balance it out somehow? Is that why people looked like they were 45 from like birth?

I′m afraid I didn′t know it wasn′t already...

Better pics!

They look less burnt in real life!

First time making moon cakes! A prime number of them...

Sometimes I just want to answer "No." to every ad I see.

"Hungry for and unusual culinary adventure?" No.

"Think you hate tofu?" No.

"Want to communicate more effectively and collaborate woth confidence?" No.

"Looking forward to fall?" No.

More like pudding...no air...

My snack for my teaching day today is avocado blended with raw cacao powder and it is giving me sooooo much life. I used to sweeten it with a little agave but I didn't feel the need today.

Thank you!!

Does anyone know what this kind of gate latch is called? I′m trying to find a replacement. It needs the vertical part to be dog-proof; I can only find ones without the vertical part that slots in to keep it closed.

6 by 8 grid of cookies plus 1 extra

I thought I had made a prime number of cookies again...but I was mistaken!

Selfie with book "Unequal"

It's book release day in the US!! Just finished another interview about it...

YouTube video by Breaking Math Unequal with Eugenia Chang

What if math could reveal the hidden structures of injustice? I chat with mathematician and author @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social on @breakingmath.bsky.social about her new book "Unequal," exploring concepts like abstraction and outliers help us rethink fairness.

Listen now.
youtu.be/mVEJ1XeP5iU?...

You Don’t Need to Be Good at Math to Enjoy It

“I want people to be able to gaze at math,” she said. “You can still enjoy music, even if you can’t play.”

@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social spoke with me about her mission to bring math to the masses & the inspo behind her new book, Unequal:

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/s...

Hey #math and #science friends! Sir Dash Vector Pixel-Pi would kindly like to remind everyone that @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social's new book "Unequal" comes out on Tuesday, 9/2. He thinks that one treat is zero treats and four treats is one treat in #dogmath.

The thing I want to do first thing every morning is go back to sleep 🤣🤣

Also because the academic calendar has changed this is the first time I will ever have taught in August!! ARGH