Newest Book Published

I’d like to announce the newest addition to the Mackenzie book collection! What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences (WHIMS) is an ongoing series published by the American Mathematical Society, about… well, just what the title says: current and...

One Year On

Although I recently had a small reminder of the value of humility, today I’m going to soldier on in my immodest way and celebrate the first anniversary of one of the most exciting days of my life, the publication day of The Book of Why. Being a writer, especially of...

Better than a Review

Yesterday Judea Pearl, my co-author, sent me a link to a fascinating article that I consider to be even better than a book review. It is something that every author dreams of — positive evidence that our book is making a difference in the real world. In the...

A Great List to Be On

This morning, my co-author Judea Pearl sent me an e-mail: “Did you know about this?” Well, no, I didn’t. Here’s what “this” means: http://s3.amazonaws.com/scifri-segments/scifri201812076.mp3 Science Friday, probably the...

The Real World Intrudes

If any of you have visited my book’s page on Amazon recently, you have seen a scary message like this one: “Available only through third-party vendors.” I don’t see that message today, but the page still does not say “In Stock,” nor...

The Book of Many Titles Returns

Once upon a time, I wrote a book. Interestingly, the idea for the book was not mine. A book packager named Elwin Street Productions, in London, came to me with a proposal for a history of the greatest equations in mathematics. The book came out in 2012 as The Universe...

Podcast Interview Coming Up!

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, publishers of Science magazine, also have a weekly podcast, called (of course) the Science Podcast. I’m pleased to announce that The Book of Why will be the featured book two weeks from now, in the last...