by Dana Mackenzie | Jun 1, 2012 | Events, Santa Cruz
One of Santa Cruz County’s independent booksellers, the Capitola Book Café, has just launched a fund-raising campaign called Survive & Thrive. Not to put too fine a point on it, they are in danger of going out of business. That’s the...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week the British book-review website Popular Science (not to be confused with the American magazine Popular Science) published an interview with me. The format consisted of four questions sent by e-mail, and I was allowed to make the answers as long or as short...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’d like to announce the publication of the SIAM Report on Mathematics in Industry, which is available online as a PDF from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). As an official report of SIAM, the document is anonymous. However, I can tell...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 21, 2012 | Events, Mathematics, Moon
Eclipses, such as the partial (annular) solar eclipse that was seen in the western U.S. yesterday, are one of my favorite opportunities for participatory science. It’s commonly said that to watch a solar eclipse, you need to look at the image of the sun through...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve started getting the first reactions from readers of The Universe in Zero Words, mostly from friends of mine, so far. There’s a common theme to them, as in this e-mail that I received this morning: My copy of The Universe in Zero Words just arrived. At...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
George Plimpton used to play with professional sports teams. Reporters on the war in Afghanistan lived alongside the troops. Now I, too, have been an Embedded Journalist! Check out the video below (or watch it at http://youtu.be/AMwJkFSuha4). Okay, some explanation is...
by Dana Mackenzie | Apr 27, 2012 | Books
I’ve already received some very nice compliments this week both on the new website and on the forthcoming book! Thanks to everyone who has visited. One person e-mailed me to ask why amazon.com does not have “Look Inside the Book” enabled for The...
by Dana Mackenzie | Apr 27, 2012 | Books, Events, Santa Cruz
Just in time for the publication of The Universe in Zero Words, I have dramatically updated the look of my website, and made some changes behind the scenes that should enable me to keep the site up-to-date much more easily. You might notice a small number of posts...
by Dana Mackenzie | Apr 18, 2012 | Books, Events, Mathematics
The publication date for my newest book, The Universe in Zero Words, has now been moved up to April 29 (previously it was scheduled for release in May). As I’m sure you’ve noticed already, this website has lots of information about the book, including some...
by Dana Mackenzie | Jun 12, 2009 | Books, Events, Moon
A film crew for the History Channel program, “The Universe,” came up to Santa Cruz to interview me for an episode that will appear next fall. It turned out to be quite an adventure, because it was extremely windy! The wind blew their reflector (a piece of...
