Edward Frenkel
Mathematician
Edward Frenkel is a mathematician working in representation theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. Born in the Soviet Union, Frenkel first came to Harvard University as a visiting professor at the age of 21. He earned his Ph.D in only a year. Frenkel was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows from 1991 to 1994, and served as an associate professor at Harvard from 1994 to 1997. He has been a professor of mathematics at University of California, Berkeley since 1997. His best-selling memoir Love and Math was released to great acclaim in 2013. He has since been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
People hate mathematics because they fear and don’t understand it. Mathematician Edward Frenkel envisions a world where that’s no longer an issue.
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Math is not the opposite of art and poetry. In fact, every formula is a formula of love.
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