Freelance mathematics and science writer
Today is publication day for a very unusual book that I contributed to. The Best Science Stories and How They Work is a compilation of eleven articles about science, selected by longtime science editor Siri Carpenter. Siri is also the co-founder of The Open Notebook, a project that provides resources and advice to science writers [ ]
Today I m happy to give a shout-out to one of the longtime fans of dana blogs chess, Helmut Froeyman of Belgium or as you might know him from the many comments he left on my blog, brabo. Helmut, who is a FIDE Master, has written a blog of his own since 2012, and today he [ ]
Hello again, world! This spring is an exciting time for me, because it s publication time for my new book, Did You Come Here to Play Chess or to Have Fun? If you live in Europe, the book was already published earlier this month. If you live in America, the official publication date is May 15, but you can pre-order a copy at Amazon.com already. Yesterday Ben Johnson posted an interview with me on…
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 mathematics. This is the eleventh volume in the series, six of which I have [ ]
Although I recently had a small reminder of the value of humility, today I’m going to soldier on in my immodest way and celebrate the first anniversary of one of the most exciting days of my life, the publication day of The Book of Why. Being a writer, especially of books, is a strange business. [ ]
Last week I got a package in the mail from England: ten copies of the paperback edition of The Book of Why! The occasion brought to mind that goofy old Beatles song, Paperback Writer. In fact, I ve been waiting quite a long time to be a paperback writer. My first book, The Big Splat, never [ ]
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, a group of 47 editors of [ ]
This morning, my co-author Judea Pearl sent me an e-mail: Did you know about this? Well, no, I didn t. Here s what this means: http://s3.amazonaws.com/scifri-segments/scifri201812076.mp3 Science Friday, probably the nation s most-listened-to radio show for science news, has named The Book of Why as one of its best science books of the year for 2018. It was [ ]
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 Universe in Zero Words, co-published by Elwin [ ]
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.) The book review segment starts at 18:48 with a [ ]