Arthur Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College's resident Mathemagician, will be a
special guest on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" Wednesday, Jan. 27,
at 11:30 p.m. EST. (Repeated on Thursday at 7:30PM)
Benjamin hopes to perform his famous high-speed mental calculations,
memorizations and other astounding math stunts on the mock-news show hosted
by Stephen Colbert. A dedicated professor of mathematics, Benjamin sees his
appearance on the show as a chance to demonstrate the power and beauty of
mathematics to a wide audience-potentially over one million viewers. He is
the first mathematician to ever be interviewed on the program.
Says Benjamin, "I'll be interviewed for six minutes and I won't know what
sorts of questions Colbert will ask me. I just plan to roll with the punches
and have fun."
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