Eugenia Cheng is Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Honorary Fellow in pure mathematics at the University of Sheffield. She was educated at the University of Cambridge and did post-doctoral work at the Universities of Cambridge, Chicago and Nice. Since 2007 her YouTube lectures and videos have been viewed over a million times. A concert pianist, she also speaks French and Cantonese, and her mission in life is to rid the world of maths phobia. She is the author of The Art of Logic, How to Bake Pi and Beyond Infinity (all published by Profile Books), the last of which was shortlisted for the 2017 Royal Society Science Book Prize.
A way of seeing this exhausting debate from a completely new angle ... bold and optimistic * Guardian * Compelling ... x+y provides useful new tools for change, for those - like me - involved in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. For those who are not yet involved, she sets out reasons to become so. And I'm a new fan of pure mathematics. Dr Cheng, can we be friends? * Nature * ... a fascinating, disarmingly accessible read and a wonderful example of what academics should in general do much more of * Irish Times * Praise for The Art of Logic: 'Mind-expanding ... a meaningful contribution to creating a better society as well as happier conversations and relationships * Guardian * With humour, grace, and a natural gift for making explanations seem fun, Eugenia Cheng has done it again. You'll think more clearly after reading this book -- Daniel Levitin, bestselling author of The Organised Mind & A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics Radical and liberating * Emerald Street * A perceptive analysis of logic and its limitations ... Cheng is successful not only in helping readers think more clearly, but in helping them understand why others sometimes appear to be illogical * Times Higher Education *