Manil Suri, Mathematics, in Baltimore Magazine

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:47:00 -0500
cnms, mathstat, policy-and-society

Baltimore magazine reviewed Manil Suri’s latest book, The City of Devi, in the February 2013 issue. Calling the book “a preculiar love story that’s both tawdry and hopeful,” the magazine says that it is “super-charged by religion, sexuality, and the overarching political conflict.” The magazine also posted a Q and A with the mathematics and statistics professor on their website, where they asked Suri about teaching a math class for non-math majors. “It taught me that without at least some basic motivation on the part of the learner, it’s simply impossible to engage people in mathematics, no matter how interesting or …