![]() ![]() ![]() While he was still at school, Frenkel himself saw maths as “stale and boring”. The problem, he says, is that while the work of the great painters is displayed for all to appreciate, mathematics at this level is locked away and inaccessible to the person on the street. ![]() Acknowledging that people do not understand what mathematics is, he blames this on mathematics teaching, which he likens to art classes that only teach students how to paint fences without ever showing the work of masters such as Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci. Indeed, mathematicians often complain that when they first meet someone, the revelation that they teach or research mathematics will lead to their being regaled with stories of personal difficulties regarding the subject – something that rarely afflicts those in other academic disciplines.Įdward Frenkel is keen to address this challenge. “Love” and “mathematics” are words that most people would not associate with each other. ![]()
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