Great @NewYorker profile of Terry Tao by the great Rivka Galchen. So many fun details I didn’t know about Terry, including his four cats, dog, and three rabbits. Somehow the profile neglected to mention he has a book coming out next week, but what are you gonna do? 🤷♂️
The great Terence Tao in the @NewYorker:
'Tao compared learning mathematics to watching “Emily in Paris,” a show that he and his wife enjoyed. “It’s completely ridiculous fluff, but it’s also fun. You learn the tropes, and you can kind of see how it’s going to go,” he said. “But if you’re just given a synopsis of the plot, like, ‘Here’s the premise, and this is what happens’—that’s not the point.” And, if you want to learn how to write your own show, “then it’s not helpful at all.”'
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
Nov 4, 2026 · 7:44 PM UTC