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Eugenia Cheng : ウィキペディア英語版 | Eugenia Cheng Eugenia Cheng is an English mathematician and pianist. She is a senior lecturer of pure mathematics at the University of Sheffield and a senior lecturer in liberal arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SAIC - Eugenia Cheng - School of the Art Institute of Chicago )〕 Her mathematical interests include higher-dimensional category theory, and as a pianist she specialises in Lieder and art song.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eugenia Cheng, piano )〕 She is also passionate about explaining maths to non-mathematicians to rid the world of maths phobia, often using entertaining analogies with food and baking. == Early life and education ==
Cheng was born in Hampshire, England but moved to Sussex when she was one, which is where she spent the rest of her childhood.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cakes, Custard and Category Theory: Easy Recipes for Understanding Complex Maths, by Eugenia Cheng | Times Higher Education )〕 Her interest in mathematics stemmed from a young age thanks largely to her mother who made maths a part of life.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=If you can follow a simple cake recipe...then you can do applied mathematics | Daily Mail Online )〕 Her father was also supportive, encouraging her to be imaginative;〔 but Cheng's biggest influence was her mother, who introduced fascinating mathematical ideas and used the language of logic naturally. Cheng was bored by school when she was young, but practised the piano every day and was an avid reader. She was also "very serious about eating".〔 Cheng studied at the University of Cambridge for both her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees〔 before teaching in Nice, Sheffield and Chicago.〔
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