Those that know me well, know I love a good bit of maths.
The New York Times has been publishing columns by the wonderful Steven Strogatz for a good while now. They are thoughtful, clever and very well written – as you’d expect:
Steven Strogatz is a professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University. In 2007 he received the Communications Award, a lifetime achievement award for the communication of mathematics to the general public. He previously taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received the E.M. Baker Award, an institute-wide teaching prize selected solely by students. “Chaos,” his series of 24 lectures on chaos theory, was filmed and produced in 2008 by The Teaching Company. He is the author, most recently, of “The Calculus of Friendship,” the story of his 30-year correspondence with his high school calculus teacher.
Unfortunately, I can’t really see any of the newspapers in this country doing anything like this in the near future – but while Steven’s articles are available online, I won’t be worrying too much about this country’s lack of numerical knowledge.
Link: New York Times – All Of Steven Strogatz’ posts
