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INTERVIEW | Daniel Look: Math anxiety and the 'cosmic angle of regarding'

Spongebob lives in a mathematically incorrect pineapple under the sea

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Emily Burnham
Mar 17, 2026
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Dan Look and some of his cats examine his book, “Math Cats.” Photo courtesy Christopher Lenny, St. Lawrence University’s Assistant Director of Visual & Creative Strategy.

For most of my life, I’ve feared math. I don’t mean paying bills or figuring out a tip or anything like that - I mean math math. Algebra. Geometry. Numbers and symbols on a piece of pap…

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