Description

Summer hiatus is over with a banger of an episode! Abbas Jaffary, a mathematician and roller derby referee, joined Leah to talk about The Chicago Knockouts Roller Derby League and his love of math. Leah and Abbas also share a love of How Did This Get Made, the podcast that brings all people together.

Follow Abbas online

Mathematics for Misfits: https://linktr.ee/mathematicsformisfits

Accessible Mathematics:https://www.accessiblemath.info/

 Chicago Knockouts and  Chicago Knockouts on Tik Tok.

Show Notes

• How Did This Get Made?: https://hdtgm.com/
• Live Lit: https://bookriot.com/what-is-live-lit-and-how-can-i-read-it/
• Dinosaur: https://www.paulscheer.com/dinosaur
• Rock 'N' America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27N%27_America
• Chicago Shred Union on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicagoshred/
• Chicago Outfit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicagooutfit/
• The Crimson Vixen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_thecrimsonvixen_/
• SteMartaen: https://stemartaen.com/
• Plant-Based Skate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantbasedskate/
• The Village of Homewood: https://www.village.homewood.il.us/
• RollerCon: https://rollercon.com/
• Improv Olympic (IO): https://ioimprov.com/
• CFA Institute: https://www.cfainstitute.org/
• College of DuPage: https://www.cod.edu/
• Hyperspace by Michio Kaku: https://bookshop.org/p/books/hyperspace-a-scientific-odyssey-through-parallel-universes-time-warps-and-the-10th-dimens-ion-michio-kaku/8648999?ean=9780385477055
• University of Illinois Chicago (UIC): https://www.uic.edu/
• Georg Cantor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Cantor
• The p-adic numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-adic_number
• P-adic Numbers: An Introduction by Fernando Q. Gouvêa: https://bookshop.org/p/books/p-adic-numbers-an-introduction-fernando-q-gouvea/14521230?ean=9783030472948
• P-adic Numbers, p-adic Analysis, and Zeta-Functions by Neal Koblitz: https://bookshop.org/p/books/p-adic-numbers-p-adic-analysis-and-zeta-functions-neal-koblitz/8668219?ean=9780387960173
• Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/
• Dr. Louis H. Kauffman: https://homepages.math.uic.edu/~kauffman/
• Edward Witten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Witten
• Qiskit: https://www.ibm.com/quantum/qiskit
• PsiQuantum: https://www.psiquantum.com/
• MathJax: https://www.mathjax.org/
• MathML: https://www.w3.org/Math/

Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com

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