Log24

"It's going to be accomplished in steps,
this establishment of the Talented
in the scheme of things."

— To Ride Pegasus ,
     by Anne McCaffrey (Radcliffe '47)

"Having skipped me, the talent for math concentrated extravagantly
in one of my nieces, Amie Wilkinson, a professor at the University
of Chicago, and I figured she could teach me."

— Wilkinson, Alec. A Divine Language  (p. 5).
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 12 July 2022, Kindle Edition.

Career Moves: Compare and Contrast —

"Amie Wilkinson is an explorer. Instead of seeking uncharted land,
she’s after undiscovered mathematical worlds — complex systems
of motion that unfold in unexpected ways. As a professor at the
University of Chicago, she’s known for discovering unique types
of these 'dynamical systems' that had been only conjectured to exist.

Wilkinson’s career has proceeded in a dynamical way, too. She now
approaches her roles as a researcher, teacher and mentor very
differently than she did when she was starting out."

—  Kevin Hartnett in Quanta Magazine , June 13, 2019

Like "La La Land" — A talent so nice they named it twice!