Mathematician Illustrates Braid Theory Through Aerial Dance

Nancy Scherich has wanted to be a mathematician ever since taking a calculus class at her local community college, but she has been a dancer for her entire life. Until she discovered Science’s Dance Your Ph.D. contest, which annually invites scientists to use dance to display their Ph.D. research, she never thought she could combine her two interests.

By AAAS, USA.

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