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Marina Epelman is a professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She also grew up in the USSR. She joins Brett to talk about math, education, and life in Russia.

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Marina A. Epelman

Industrial and Operations Engineering

Top 3 picks

Marina:

Masha Gessen, @mashagessen

Masha Gessen at The New Yorker

Masha Gessen at the NYT

Some recent podcast and radio appearances:

The Ezra Klein Show, 06/06/17

On Point, 10/02/17

The Atlantic Interview, 11/27/17

Book recommendation: “Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler’s War and Stalin’s Peace”

Singing In The Shower

Bose SoundLink Revolve+ Bluetooth speaker

Sonos Play:1 Compact Wireless Speaker

Making fun of researchers

Lobachevsky by Tom Lehrer

Better off Ted

Book: “Понедельник начинается в субботу” or “Monday Starts on Saturday” (by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Andrew Bromfield).

American Edition Kindle Version

Brett:

All-New Kindle Oasis – Amazon Official Site

Snow Joe iON18SB Ion Cordless Single Stage Brushless Snow Blower

Audio-Technica ATR2500-USB Cardioid Condenser USB Microphone

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