by Dana Mackenzie | May 8, 2018 | Articles, Books, 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...
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 | Nov 21, 2012 | Books, Events, Mathematics
Today I had the privilege of being interviewed for a science podcast called Strongly Connected Components, moderated by Samuel Hansen. “Strongly Connected Components” focuses mostly on mathematics (in fact, the name is a mathematical term), and a typical...
by Dana Mackenzie | Oct 16, 2012 | Books, Events, Mathematics
Last week I received a double dose of good news. In my last post I mentioned the very positive comments about my book in the New York Times “Numberplay” blog. (Also see the followup post that came out yesterday.) In the same week, my book was also reviewed...
by Dana Mackenzie | Oct 8, 2012 | Articles, Books, Events, Mathematics
Today the big event I’ve been waiting for finally took place! A post called The Non-Euclidean Geometry of Whales went online on Gary Antonick’s blog, Numberplay, at the New York Times. The post includes two puzzles (one easy, one harder) based on a chapter...
by Dana Mackenzie | Sep 9, 2012 | Books, Events, Mathematics
Last week the Irish radio station, RTÉ Lyric FM, broadcast a three-part interview with me on a program called The Culture File, hosted by Luke Clancy. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to record this interview about my book, The Universe in Zero Words, because...
