From Strongly Connected Components

SCC 49: Dana Mackenzie

(via http://danamackenzie.com)

 

On today’s episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen rings up the recipient of the 2012 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Communications Award, Dana Mackenzie. He speaks with the author about stealth mathematics, the generalism he has been allowed by journalism, and why using equations in your articles and books may not be such a bad thing. You can find out more about Dana Mackenzie by visiting his website, and be sure to check out his new book, out this year on Princeton University Press, The Universe in Zero Words.

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SCC 48: Sergei Tabachnikov

(via http://www.math.psu.edu/tabachni/)

On today’s episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen has a conversation with Sergei Tabachnikov, Professor at Penn State University and Director of their Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters(MASS) program. Their conversation ranges from mathematical education in the USSR and the wonder of Kvant magazine to the power of mathematical billiards and why international travel helps with research. You can find out more about Sergei Tabachnikov at his website, and be sure to read his essay about Kvant’s history.

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SCC 47: Frank Morgan

 

On today’s episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen has a conversation with Frank Morgan, the Atwell Professor of Mathematics at Williams College. They speak about Soap Bubbles, the importance, and usefulness, of conducting research with students, the best way to run the bases, and how a math chat TV show will get you recognized at the grocery store. You can find out more about Frank Morgan at his website, and be sure to read his blog at the Huffington Post, as well as his personal one.

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SCC 46: Timothy Lanzone

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On today’s episode of Strongly Connected Components I am joined by Timothy Lanzone the writer and director of the forthcoming movie, Travelling Salesman. The movie is an intellectual thriller about four mathematicians tasked with solving the hardest problem in computer science, and I speak with Timothy about where he got the idea for the movie, how he made sure that the mathematics was correct, and why science movies just may be the new comic book movies. You can find out more about Travelling Salesman by visiting the movie’s website, or by following it on twitter.

 
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SCC 45: Neil deGrasse Tyson

(via http://twitter.com/neiltyson)

 

On this episode of Strongly Connected Components Samuel Hansen is joined by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Dr. Tyson is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, host of the TV show NOVA scienceNOW, and author of the new book Space Chronicles. Together they discuss the language of the cosmos, just how much people really do care about scientific phenomena, and the importance of looking up. You can find out more about Neil deGrasse Tyson at his website, and do be sure to follow him on twitter and buy, and read, his wonderful new book.

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