by Dana Mackenzie | Dec 14, 2012 | Articles
Today I had an article published that was a little bit out of the ordinary, or perhaps way out of the ordinary for me. It’s called The Departed Queen, and it was posted on a website called Story Collider. It’s about the best chess game of my life, along...
by Dana Mackenzie | Dec 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Joint Mathematics Meetings (the “largest mathematics meeting in the world,” according to the website) are coming to San Diego in January! I will appear in two events at the meeting: On Friday, January 11, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, I will sign copies of The...
by Dana Mackenzie | Nov 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
To my Goodreads friends, my Facebook friends, and anyone else who might read this: The Facebook page for my book, The Universe in Zero Words, has now gotten 25 “likes,” which means it is 83 percent of the way to 30 “likes.” If I reach that...
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 | Nov 19, 2012 | Books, Mathematics
In my last post I forgot to address the second part of the title of the post. I have news! I found out today that the U.S. co-publisher and the U.K co-publisher have reached an agreement on electronic rights and that there will be an e-book version of The Universe in...
by Dana Mackenzie | Nov 19, 2012 | Articles, Books, Mathematics
A new review of The Universe in Zero Words has been posted on The Math Less Traveled, a blog by Brent Yorgey. I love it when I see a review that is completely, 100 percent positive, because then I don’t have to reply to anything, I can just tell you to go read...
by Dana Mackenzie | Nov 1, 2012 | Articles, Mathematics
I’m delighted to share the news that I wrote an article that appears in this month’s (November 2012) issue of Smithsonian, the one with a picture of Abraham Lincoln on the cover. One of the regular departments in Smithsonian is called...
by Dana Mackenzie | Oct 25, 2012 | Articles, Books, Mathematics
The latest review of The Universe in Zero Words has just come out at The Guardian’s website, on a blog written by GrrlScientist. Here’s the link! Here are a couple of encouraging comments from The Grrl herself: Comprised of short lively vignettes that are...
by Dana Mackenzie | Oct 17, 2012 | Articles, Books, Mathematics
Wow, this seems to be the season for reviews of The Universe in Zero Words! First “Numberplay,” then SIAM News, and now two more! First up is Math Goes Pop! Matt Lane’s delightfully named blog covers all topics on the intersection of Mathematics...
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...
