Juno meets Jupiter
History This is the first view that human’s have had of Jupiter and its four largest moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. These are the Galilean moons, named after Galileo Galilei who discovered them in 1610. As of July 4, Juno has now safely entered Jupiter’s orbit. The best is yet to come! Anthony Bonato
Iceland: land of waterfalls and geysers
Ice and Land I am recharging my batteries with a quick trip to Iceland. For that reason, my post will be short this week. So this post is more “travel blog” than “math in pop culture”. Mathematics will sneak in at the end, of course. My spouse and I arrived in Reykjavík Friday, which is a small…
Publishing is dead, long live publishing
Disruption! I am an academic, and as you would expect, I love to read. I mainly read papers in academic journals and advanced texts in mathematics. I can’t remember the last time I was in a physical library. Actually, I walk through the library as a short cut across Ryerson University campus. However, I do heavily use the…
Interview with a mathematician: Alan Frieze
Alan Frieze (born 1945 in London, England) is one of the world’s leading experts on random graphs and the probabilistic method in combinatorics. He is a Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Alan is very productive. At last count, he has 351 papers (and counting) referenced on Mathscinet. His…