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 recent events in...
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 article,...
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...
Science Podcast Posted, plus Facing the Public
Today Jen Golbeck's interview with Judea and me for the Science (magazine) Podcast went up, and you can listen to it here. (Alternatively, for the next 7 days, you can also go to the main Science magazine website at www.sciencemag.org and scroll down to the podcast.)...
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...
Book Reading, Puppies and Bunnies Too!
Earlier this week I gave a presentation based on The Book of Why at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley, where I have been a journalist in residence for the last eight weeks. It was very similar to my presentation at the Aptos Library in...
Chart Watching
Tuesday, May 15, was an unforgettable day for me: the launch date for The Book of Why, the book I have been working on with Judea Pearl for the last three years. I've never been lucky enough to see a baby born, but I think that the "birth" of a book is similar in some...
One Week Till Publication! Upcoming Events
Publication date for The Book of Why is now just one week away! Here are some upcoming events and articles about our book. May 9: An interview of Judea will be published at Quanta. I will provide a link to the article as soon as it comes out. This is a...
Prize Nomination, New Book
Whew! (Stamp, stamp.) I guess I was away for a little bit longer than I expected. Three years, has it been? Well, let me put some tea on the stove and then I'll tell you about what has happened since my last visit. Ah, that's better. Well then, last time I was here,...
The Big Splat: A Fond Look Back, and Lessons Learned
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 pasture" by its original...
The Art of Why
