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Siobhan Roberts

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A Movement to Close the Gender Gap in Mathematics

By Siobhan Roberts
January 22, 2019
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The Brazilian mathematician Carolina Araujo, who calls herself “a bit of an anarchist,” is organizing meetings and building a support network to study and solve the problems women face in mathematics.

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An Italian Cosmologist Who Wanders in Dante’s Dark Wood

By Siobhan Roberts
November 13, 2018
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A scientist and programmer with a literary bent, Valeria Pettorino thinks multiple angles and diverse points of view are needed to unriddle the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

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Her Key to Modeling Brains: Ignore the Right Details

By Siobhan Roberts
June 19, 2018
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Being able to think like a physicist helps Carina Curto, a mathematician-turned-neuroscientist, pull insights about the human brain out of theoretical models.

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In Mathematics, ‘You Cannot Be Lied To’

By Siobhan Roberts
February 21, 2017
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For Sylvia Serfaty, mathematics is all about truth and beauty and building scientific and human connections.

Pencils Down: Experiments in Education

The Art of Teaching Math and Science

By Thomas Lin +3 authors
Siobhan Roberts
Natalie Wolchover
Emily Singer
October 11, 2016
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The impasse in math and science instruction runs deeper than test scores or the latest educational theory. What can we learn from the best teachers on the front lines?

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Michael Atiyah’s Imaginative State of Mind

By Siobhan Roberts
March 3, 2016
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At 86, Britain’s preeminent mathematical matchmaker is still tackling the big questions and dreaming of a union between the quantum and the gravitational forces.

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A Life in Games

By Siobhan Roberts
August 28, 2015
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The mathematician John Horton Conway’s myriad accomplishments — including the Game of Life, sprouts and the surreal numbers — are the product of a mind at play.

About the author

Siobhan Roberts is the author of Genius at Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway. She writes for the “Elements” science blog at NewYorker.com, as well as Nautilus, The Walrus and Quanta.
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