Dr. Kristoff Vernard (von Doom) (sonandsubject) wrote in newalliance, @ 2012-05-30 22:06:00 |
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Entry tags: | kristoff, mr. fantastic |
The Secret Habits of Genius Boys
Who: Kristoff, Reed
Where: A Conference in Geometric Topology specializing in Mapping Class Group Theory
When: May 30th, 2012
What: dirty little science secrets
Rating: PG
It was a well-known line among geometric topologists that mapping class group theory was a ladies' subfield. It was one of those quirks of academia; nine-tenths of the mathematicians who studied it heavily were women. That made this conference it particularly perfect. That Kristoff could recall offhand, no female mathematician had ever been ranked among Doom's enemies, and none of the 'superheroes' who studied mathematics would be at this conference.
He couldn't go embarrassing himself, after all. He knew his latest topological work was a dead-end line of inquiry. His father had told him so. Pointedly. But it was so... fun. He really enjoyed it. So it was good that here was a place where he could simply indulge without his frivolity being thrown in his face or that of his country.
This all made perfect sense.