Evelyn Lamb
Scientific American
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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The Math Reading Challenge 2020
Here are 12 prompts to help you find mathematics-related books for the coming year → Read More
The Surprising Link between Recreational Math and Undecidability
Julia Robinson was born on December 8, 1919. She was a brilliant mathematician, generous research collaborator, and kind human being who faced some trying circumstances with a great deal of grace. I wrote about her life and work for Science News in honor of her 100th birthday. Most of Robinson’s research focused on decision problems: given a particular set of conditions, can one tell whether an… → Read More
Should We Eat Less Rice?
Digging into the statistics about rice farming and climate change → Read More
Parallels and Perpendiculars in the Lives of Two Extraordinary Siblings
In her new book The Weil Conjectures, Karen Olsson ruminates on the trajectories of André and Simone Weil → Read More
The Funniest Math Joke
Because you know it has to be when you write 400 words explaining it → Read More
“Like All Good Stories, It Starts with Pigeons”
Suresh Venkatasubramanian tells us about one of the most important tools he uses to root out algorithmic bias → Read More
Why Isn't 1 a Prime Number?
And how long has it been a number? → Read More
The Impossible Mathematics of the Real World
Using stiff paper and transparent tape, Craig Kaplan assembles a beautiful roundish shape that looks like a Buckminster Fuller creation… → Read More
How to Memorize the Largest Known Prime
It may seem daunting to memorize a 24-million digit number, but with these tips you'll be well on your way → Read More
Graph Theory and Cocktail Parties
Science writer Yen Duong tells us why she loves the "friends and strangers" theorem → Read More
What Is an "Almost Prime" Number?
They say you can’t be a little bit pregnant, but maybe a number can be a little bit prime → Read More
The Most Addictive Theorem in Applied Mathematics
Erika Camacho discusses how her favorite theorem applies to her research on mathematical modeling of eye diseases and the dynamics of fanaticism → Read More
The Numbers behind a Fields Medalist's Math
Inside the p-adic numbers that make Peter Scholze's work tick → Read More
I usually hate Pi Day, but I don’t this year
A mathematician's perspective on the numerical holiday. → Read More
I usually hate Pi Day, but I don’t this year
A mathematician's perspective on the numerical holiday. → Read More
Wednesday Is E Day, for the Mathematical Constant 2.718. Here’s How to Celebrate.
The food options aren’t as good as Pi Day, but the emotional options are grand. → Read More
Household Chores for Mathematicians
Need a babysitter? Ask a combinatorialist. Baseboards dirty? A number theorist won't mind cleaning them. And other highly scientific recommendations for mathematicians to handle the housework → Read More
The Joy of Sexagesimal Floating-Point Arithmetic
One eighth equals seven and thirty in this strange base 60 world → Read More
Mathematics World Mourns Maryam Mirzakhani, Only Woman to Win Fields Medal
The brilliant Stanford professor, killed by breast cancer at 40, worked with shapes unconstrained by the real world → Read More
Mathematics World Mourns Maryam Mirzakhani, Only Woman to Win Fields Medal
The brilliant Stanford professor, killed by breast cancer at 40, worked with shapes unconstrained by the real world → Read More