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We continue our series Mixed: Stories from Mixed Race Californians. KQED’s Sasha Khokha and Marisa Lagos interview Reginald Daniel, a UC Santa Barbara professor who taught the longest running college course on multiracial identity in the nation. He helped hundreds of students grapple with their own family histories and broader concepts of racial identity. From a young age, he also butted heads with his own family over questions of race. Born to a Black family in the segregated South, he questioned his own heritage, which included white ancestors. Those questions made his family deeply uncomfortable. Daniel died suddenly last fall, shortly after our interview. see more
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Finding the Real Fibonacci with Mathematician Keith Devlin

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Stanford mathematician and NPR Weekend Edition contributor Keith Devlin. (Photo: Courtesy of Keith Devlin)

Over a decade ago, mathematician Keith Devlin, also known as “The Math Guy” on NPR’s Weekend Edition, set out to research the life and legacy of Leonardo of Pisa, better known as Fibonacci. The Italian mathematician introduced the Hindu-Arabic numeral system and arithmetic to the Western world. “Finding Fibonacci" details Devlin's journey to revive the long-forgotten mathematician and the people who devoted their lives to understanding his legacy.

Guests:

Keith Devlin, Author, "Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical
Genius Who Changed the World""

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