Calin A. Belta [People in Control]

Calin: It started with my passion for mathematics. I grew up in communist Romania. The country was more or less closed to the outside world at that time. There was a shortage of food, gas, and electricity. There was no freedom of speech and basically no TV. There was one good thing though in Romania at that time: the rigorous, math-and science-oriented school system. With not much to do, studying math seemed like a good way to spend my time. Also, living in abstract spaces was a good way to escape the not-so-pleasant reality.