Feb 04 2025 31 mins
Carolyn Clare Givens interviews Mark Forrester (author of Above, Not Up) about how his passion for teaching mathematics turned into a fascinating YA adventure novel incorporating math into a fascinating plot where a fourth-dimensional girl befriends an ordinary high school guy.
Mentioned in this episode:
* Pre-save Kickstarter for I’ve Got a Bad Case of Poetry
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bandersnatchbooks/illustrated-childrens-poetry-anthology
www.bandersnatchbooks.com/books/above-not-up
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_space
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_triangle
* Relient K - “Two Lefts Don’t Make a Right… But Three Do”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Lefts_Don't_Make_a_Right...but_Three_Do
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