That persistence did something to produce more fields or more areas of mathematics.

The resilience and the fighting through difficult times gave us more tools that are solving more problems for more people.

ID, the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.

Is it possible to produce mathematicians today of the same caliber as grades like Sir Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell?

How can we help young people develop a genuine interest in mathematics, including its history, applications, and philosophy.

Today I conclude my conversation with mathematics educator, curriculum designer, and medical physicist

Amos Tarfa. In part one, Amos helped us profile 19th century Scottish mathematician

and physicist James Clerk Maxwell to help us better understand the man and his contributions

and how they relate to today's debate over evolution and intelligent design.

Here in Part 2, Amos will tell us more about his vision for math education and how we can train

up the next generation of James Clerk Maxwell's.

Amos has a Master's in medical physics and a

master's in medical health physics. He has completed a year of his PhD studies in chemistry

and STEM education. He grew up in Nigeria and came to the United States in 2007 to pursue his

college education. Instead of proceeding to medical school, Amos decided to go into education instead.

He has been teaching, tutoring, and designing mathematics curricula since 2011.

Amos, welcome back to Idea the Future.

Thank you so much for having me again.

You're welcome.

Well, in the first half of our conversation, we took a closer look at mathematician and physicist James Clerk Maxwell.

Now, for those who may not have heard or watched that portion of our chat, can you review for us what Maxwell did, who he is, what is relevant about his work and how that feeds into today's debates over intelligent design

and evolution. James Clark Maxwell was born in the 1831, around the time of Michael Faraday's

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