Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, August 5th,

2024 and I'm the host of the show Dr. Kara Santa Maria and as always before we dive into this week's episode I want to

thank those of you who make Talk Nurdy possible. Remember this podcast is and will always

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So this week we've got a good one, every week it's a good one, but we've got another

good one for you. I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Robin Arianrod.

She's a science writer, a mathematician, a historian of science, and a physicist as well.

Her PhD is in general relativity.

And she writes about culture, science, mathematics,

and science history.

She also researches general relativity and the history of science at Monash University's

School of Mathematics.

She's the author of several books, but she has a new one out for us to learn from and enjoy.

It's called Vector, a surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation.

So without any further ado, here she is Dr Robin Arion Rock.

Well Robin, thank you so much for joining me today.

Oh my pleasure, thank you, Kara.

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