Raffaella Mulas is a tenured Assistant Professor at VU Amsterdam, where her research is supported by NWO VENI and VU Startpremie grants. Previously, she was a Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, where her research group was supported by a Minerva Fast Track Fellowship from the Max Planck Society, and a postdoctoral researcher at the Alan Turing Institute in London. Outside of her academic work, she is also a storyteller, performing in theaters and sharing personal stories or those of people she knows. Combining her love of stories with her passion for mathematics, she has been interviewing mathematicians with a focus on their human side. She is the co-author of Bear Networks, a mathematics book for children, as well as an upcoming research monograph in mathematics.
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Stories Behind Theorems
Raffaella Mulas
Mathematicians are often seen through a lens of stereotypes: logical, detached thinkers who live in a world of abstract concepts, numbers, and formulas. These perceptions can make mathematics—and mathematicians—seem distant, unapproachable, or even intimidating. But they only scratch the surface. Mathematicians are as diverse, vibrant, and human as anyone else, with personal stories, creative pursuits, struggles, and achievements that shape both their lives and their work. This book brings together...
