Mitchell Feigenbaum, Persi Diaconis, and Three Writers | CUNY Laureates

On this episode of CUNY Laureates, we profile five more MacArthur Fellows who graduated from the City University of New York. Mitchell Feigenbaum manages to find order in chaos with the discovery of a mathematical constant that now bears his name. Persi Diaconis has studied probability and math all his life, yet his journey to randomness started with magic tricks. Finally, Ocean Vuong, Annie Baker, and Irving Feldman are three very different writers, but together, their experimentation with language and convention pushes the art form into new frontiers. Follow CUNY TV: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CUNYTV Twitter: https://twitter.com/cunytv Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cuny.tv/ https://www.youtube.com/@cunytv LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cunytv/ Find more from CUNY TV at https://tv.cuny.edu Tape Date: 06/04/2024 First Air Date: 06/24/2024 CUNY Laureates is a documentary series about the lives and achievements of CUNY graduates who went on to win major awards in their respective fields. By reintroducing these exceptional minds to younger audiences, we hope to emphasize the value of a high-quality public education and demonstrate how it can transcend all social and political boundaries, even to this day. Watch more at https://tv.cuny.edu/show/cunylaureates CUNY Laureates playlist https://bit.ly/cunylaureates Subscribe to the CUNY TV channel: https://bit.ly/2GmGb13​​​​ CNLR02007