The stunning success of AlphaZero, a deep-learning algorithm, heralds a new age of insight—one that, for humans, may not last long.
- The New York Times, December 26, 2018
One Giant Step for a Chess-Playing Machine→
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How Existentialism Helped Me Get My First Date→
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With apologies to Jean-Paul Sartre.
- Cornell Transformative Humanities Series, April 23, 2016
Einstein's First Proof (PDF)→
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The style of his boyhood Pythagorean proof portends something of the later scientist.
- The New Yorker, November 19, 2015
Why Pi Matters (PDF)→
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Why do mathematicians care so much about pi?
- The New Yorker, March 13, 2015
Taking Rides With Strangers→
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Can sharing taxis change the world?
- The Huffington Post, September 2, 2014
Could You Park Safely on the World’s Steepest Street?→
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Help from a little high school physics and trigonometry
- The Huffington Post, August 22, 2014
The 3 Most Confusing Things Your Math Teacher Ever Told You→
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Help for those still befuddled by things that came up in math class
- The Huffington Post, December 13, 2012
Visualizing Vastness→
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Shrinking the solar system down to size
- The New York Times, October 15, 2012
Dangerous Intersection→
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Catastrophe theory, sleep, and the economy
- The New York Times, October 8, 2012
It’s My Birthday Too, Yeah→
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The day Johnny Carson met the birthday problem
- The New York Times, October 1, 2012
Proportion Control→
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The myth and math of the golden ratio
- The New York Times, September 24, 2012
Friends You Can Count On→
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Why your friends have more friends than you do
- The New York Times, September 17, 2012
Einstein's boyhood proof of the Pythagorean theorem foreshadows the scientist he later became.
- The New Yorker
November 19, 2015