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2013 Abel Prize
[Cliff Moore] The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters this morning announced the recipient of its 2013 Abel Prize, the eleventh one awarded. With mathematicians so rarely in the news, I have made...
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Mathematics in Ancient Iraq
I started Eleanor Robson’s 2008 Mathematics in Ancient Iraq: A Social History two days ago. Not my usual reading. I needed to find out what she had to say on certain issues, but the book was checked...
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The Flamethrowers 2
Art Arfons and his Green Monster I went to a great lecture earlier this month. Richard Tapia, a renowned mathematician at Rice University, spoke on “Math at top speed: exploring and breaking myths in...
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Book of the Week
I can’t pass up mention of a new book, Beyond the Quadratic Formula, which appeared for sale just three days ago at the eBooks Store of the Mathematical Association of America. I understand that a...
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Math Love
Perhaps you have already read Manil Suri’s op-ed piece How to Fall in Love With Math in today’s NYT. It’s currently ranked #1 in their list of most e-mailed articles, so it certainly has gotten a fair...
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Abraham Nemeth
[National Federation of the Blind] Mathematician and Braille pioneer Abraham Nemeth died last Wednesday. From tomorrow’s NYT obit: Abraham Nemeth, whose frustrations in pursuing an academic career in...
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The Good Old Days
A.W. Tucker [From AMS, courtesy of Alan Tucker] I received my copy of the latest American Mathematical Monthly today. The Monthly is a publication of the Mathematical Association of America, which...
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Paul Sally
[Sharat Ganapati, The Chicago Maroon] University of Chicago mathematician Paul Sally died last Monday at the age of 80. I got to spend time with him during my year in the department a few decades ago...
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Lee Lorch
Lee Lorch, mathematician and civil rights leader, has died. I don’t have much to add to what has been written elsewhere. The NYT has a lengthy obituary that I recommend. Some excerpts: Lee Lorch, a...
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2014 Abel Prize
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters this morning announced the recipient of its 2014 Abel Prize, the twelfth one awarded. With mathematicians so rarely in the news, I have made it a point...
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