Emyr Willis, Thays Garcis and Jonathan Jackson last summer riding the subway from the Bronx to the math program they attended, Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics

Leonard Lopate Weekend: Math Prodigies, The Nature Fix, Criminal Museums

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 3, 2017

Amy Harmon, national correspondent for The New York Times, discusses a NYC camp for pre-teens from lower income public schools who all have a high math aptitude. Harmon is joined by three of the students: Thays Garcia, Jonathan “JJ” Jackson and Emyr Willis. Florence Williams, contributing editor to Outside Magazine, discusses her latest book, The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier and More Creative. Gary Vikan, a medieval scholar and former Director of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, discusses his latest book, Sacred and Stolen: Confessions of a Museum Director.

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