'After Class' Podcast
When You're a Statistical ImprobabilityThinking Creatively about Life and the Mathematics within it with Sybil Prince Nelson
Join us for a truly unique conversation with Assistant Professor of Mathematics Sybil Prince Nelson (‘01). Together, we discuss her path through W&L as a Math and Music major; her current careers as a statistician, author and professor; and why she dubbed herself a "statistic improbability."
Recorded October 26, 2020
Aired November 10, 2020
"I believe there is an inherent beauty in numbers, just like there’s an inherent beauty in words…. Think about the way that everything in the world is interconnected. Everything in the world has some sort of mathematical foundation, and it’s just remarkable. Even things that we consider beautiful in art or music; well, they’re beautiful because they follow some sort of mathematical formula!"
Adding To Your Understanding
Sybil's Website and Publications
Note: Don’t forget to check out the recipe for vegan Popeye's chicken and mac ‘n’ cheese!
An Evaluation of Common Methods for Dichotomization of Continuous Variables to Discriminate Disease Status
Communications in Statistics
by Sybil Prince Nelson
Priscilla the Great
Little Prince Publishing
by Sybil Prince Nelson
Dark Marco Series
Little Prince Publishing
by Sybil Prince Nelson
Twin Shorts
Little Prince Publishing
by Sybil Prince Nelson
Ebonee and Ivory go to Prodigy Camp
Little Prince Publishing
by Sybil Prince Nelson
Pride and Prejudice in Space
Little Prince Publishing
by Sybil Prince Nelson
Sense and Sensibility in Space
Little Prince Publishing
by Sybil Prince Nelson
Leslie DuBois Books
Note: Leslie DuBois is Sybil’s nom de plume for some of the other books she writes!
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