Splash Biography

BRENDEN STREMLER, Yale student & aspiring math professor

Major: Mathematics, Philosophy

College/Employer: Yale

Year of Graduation: 2029

Brief Biographical Sketch:

From Richmond, VA, I attended a magnet high school for Government and International Studies, but currently am focusing on mathematics and philosophy among many academic interests.

Past Classes

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C5234: Intro to Microhistory: How an Italian Peasant Changed (and Didn’t Change) History in Sprout Fall 2025 (Nov. 15 - 16, 2025)

Domenico Scandella (more commonly known as Menocchio) was an Italian peasant with radical ideas targeted by the Roman Inquisition. His incredible story was long lost until it was unearthed deep in the records of the Catholic Church by Carlo Ginzburg, founding the vibrant field of microhistory. In this course, learn about Menocchio's unique beliefs (including that God may be a worm) and life story, and discover the stories microhistory has to tell.

C5235: A Strange New Universe: The Incredible Story of Non-Euclidean Geometries in Sprout Fall 2025 (Nov. 15 - 16, 2025)

In this course, we journey through the powerful intellectual history of geometry, from Euclid's axioms to the shattering of his assumptions with developments by Saccheri, Gauss, Bolyai and others. We will examine both the dramatic historical story behind these breakthroughs and the mathematical ideas that make these new geometries possible.