Interview with Irakli Patchkoria

Math-Life Balance by Mura Yakerson

May 30, 202100:51:57Science & Medicine

Irakli Patchkoria is a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, working in homotopy theory. In this interview, he speaks about math-tennis balance, shares his experience of moving from Georgia to Western Europe and admits...

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