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Aug 2024
18m 3s

The Simple Path to Loving Math

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Shalinee Sharma, CEO of Zearn, on her book Math Mind: The Simple Path to Loving Math and how we can encourage US students to get back into mathematics. 

Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan and Sebastian Escobar

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