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A mathematician turns gender into a math problem. We hear how math can help us rethink ingrained conceptions of gender. Excerpted from “X+Y” by Eugenia Cheng ...

This rebroadcast originally aired on September 16, 2020. A mathematician turns gender into a math problem. We hear how math can help us rethink ingrained conceptions of gender. Wired: "How to Undo ...

Excerpted from "X+Y" by Eugenia Cheng. Copyright © 2020 by Eugenia Cheng. This excerpt may not be reproduced without permission from the publisher. All rights ...