Edward Burger is a professor of mathematics at Williams College and is an award-wining teacher. He is known for making mathematics come to life for general audiences through his trademark exuberance and humor. He has appeared on NBC-TV, National Public Radio, and has given innumerable mathematical performances around the world.
Michael Starbird is a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at Austin and has received numerous teaching awards. Two of these were student-selected teaching awards based on his required mathematics course for humanities students. He inspires his students to discover mathematics and the joy of thought.