Category Archives: mathematicians in mass media

stories

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Beth Malmskog

Math needs more stories. All kinds of stories: about where ideas come from and what they mean; about the people who do math–how, why, and where they came from; about the beautiful and messed up parts of the community, and … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Knew The Man Who Knew Infinity

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Adriana Salerno

It is an exciting time for people who love movies and math. The Imitation Game, a biopic about Alan Turing, comes out this November, and a Ramanujan biopic, The Man Who Knew Infinity, based on the biography by Robert Kanigel, … Continue reading →

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A jolly good fellowship

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Adriana Salerno

If you have read the “about me” part of this blog, you may already know that my first experience with writing about mathematics for a general public was the AMS-AAAS Mass Media Fellowship during the summer of 2007. I published … Continue reading →

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