section 0 title page canaletto portrait tesselation moss commutative law; trig identity section A but first, why be a mathematician? salary results jobs rated almanac, 1988 jobs rated almanac, recent fields that require mathematics section B turning to me my parents me and my sisters mom in hard hat with her balloon my potential jobs: actress cafeteria person, xeroxer Mario Martelli section C Iolanthe Neil, Lauren, Lisa, and Nigel why I love my job 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 beautiful mathematics section D Renaissance art squirrel sees trees squirrel sees trees through window squirrel sees two trees squirrel uses algebra squirrel on pedestal parallel lines vanishing points Canalletto -- how does he do it? section E squirrel on bathroom floor translational symmetry rotational symmetry reflexive symmetry commute? nope, no commuting tiles melissa and hayley section F stick 1 stick 2 stick 3 stick 4 stick 5 moss 1 moss 2 moss 3 moss 4 moss 5 moss inf ferns (linear algebra equations) section G some advice: take lots of math and lots of english. don't give up on word problems! surround yourself with positive people and with people who have high expectations for you. follow your heart -- do what you love! End of talk
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