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b'If you bake, you can appreciate math\\u2019s transformative properties.\\xa0Admiring the stackable potato chip is to admire a hyperbolic sheet.\\xa0Find out why there\\u2019s no need to fear math - you just need to think outside the cuboid.\\xa0Also, how nature\\u2019s geometric shapes inspire the next generation of squishy robots and an argument for radically overhauling math class.\\xa0The end point of these common factors is acute show that\\u2019s as fun as eating Pi.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nEugenia Cheng\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, tenured at the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield, and author of \\u201cHow to Bake Pi\\u201d\\n\\n\\nShankar Venkataramani\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Professor of math at the University of Arizona\\n\\n\\nSteven Strogatz\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University and author of \\u201cInfinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe\\u201d\\n\\n\\nDaniel Finkel\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Mathematician and founder and director of operations at \\u201cMath for Love\\u201d\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'