Category Theory in Life - Eugenia Cheng

Why it was recommended

To get a flavor of and gentle introduction to the analogy-making power of category theory, I recommend this talk by Eugenia Cheng

Recommendationgugagore · Original2021-02

What it covers

Eugenia Cheng gives the opening keynote at Lambda World 2017, presenting category theory as very abstract algebra whose abstraction gives it broad applicability. She applies it to everyday. It is for someone meeting the subject for the first time.

Video details

Channel

Lambda World

Length

40 min 39 sec

Year

2017

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