by Dana Mackenzie | Jan 22, 2014 | Books, Moon
Today I’d like to tell you the behind-the-scenes story of my first book, The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be, which celebrated its tenth year in print a few months ago. As you’ll read below, The Big Splat has sort of been “put out to...
by Dana Mackenzie | Oct 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
My editor for the American Mathematical Society, Ed Dunne, took this photo recently when he was visiting Washington University in St. Louis. I’m delighted to see that The Universe in Zero Words is still on the shelves after a year, and keeping such good company!...
by Dana Mackenzie | Jun 18, 2013 | Articles
For years there has been one writing credit missing from my resume. I like to tell people that I have written for all the magazines that have “Science” in the title: Science, American Scientist, New Scientist, Science News (assuming you count their Web...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 20, 2013 | Books, Events, Mathematics
Time for another Goodreads giveaway! From Tuesday, May 21 through Friday, June 7, you can go to www.goodreads.com and enter to win a free copy of my latest book, What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences. I’m offering three free copies. Last summer I...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Yesterday the UPS deliveryman left a heavy box on my doorstep. Sender: American Mathematical Society. I knew immediately what it was: the complimentary copies of my new book, What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 9. As you can tell from my Web...
