{"665798":{"#nid":"665798","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"On Magic and Math\u2014A Conversation with Matt Baker","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/mattbakermath\/home?pli=1\u0022\u003EMatt Baker\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E and associate dean for Faculty Development in the College of Sciences, is on the cover of the current issue of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/maa.tandfonline.com\/journals\/umho20\u0022\u003EMath Horizons\u003C\/a\u003E, a\u0026nbsp;journal\u0026nbsp;of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.maa.org\u0022\u003EMathematical Association of America (MAA)\u003C\/a\u003E. Baker, who is also a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/college-sciences-administrator-makes-major-magicians-award-appear\u0022\u003Etwo-time winner \u003C\/a\u003Eof the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gamagicclub.com\/awards\u0022\u003EGreater Atlanta Magician of the Year Award\u003C\/a\u003E, is profiled about his love of math and magic, and his use of magic in researching and demonstrating math theorems. \u0026quot;I thought math and magic were two separate things,\u0026quot; Baker said. \u0026quot;Until I was really shown the connection, I didn\u0026rsquo;t try too hard to think about creating my own magic tricks based on math principles, and now I\u0026rsquo;m kind of obsessed with that and spend a lot of time doing it.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-02-14 17:55:30","changed_gmt":"2023-02-14 19:04:13","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/maa.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/10724117.2022.2145783?src=#.Y-vGmi1h3_R","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"170129","name":"matt baker"},{"id":"8867","name":"magic"},{"id":"192140","name":"math theorems"},{"id":"192141","name":"Math Horizons"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}