Re:Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists.
by tokenadult on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @05:00PM
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I have heard it complained that we scientists don't "talk to the general public" enough. I would very much welcome specific suggestions for how to do this.
That's very commendable. I am a nonmathematician who has become a mathematics teacher as part of figuring out why so few learners in the United States succeed in learning mathematics well. Here are some examples for you.
Good mathematicians (some Fields medalists) with readable blogs:
That's very commendable. I am a nonmathematician who has become a mathematics teacher as part of figuring out why so few learners in the United States succeed in learning mathematics well. Here are some examples for you.
Good mathematicians (some Fields medalists) with readable blogs:
http://terrytao.wordpress.com/
http://gowers.wordpress.com/
http://www.arsmathematica.net/
http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/
http://scientopia.org/blogs/goodmath/
http://wildaboutmath.com/
http://micromath.wordpress.com/
A list found by a Google search
http://www.onlinedegree.net/50-best-blogs-for-math-majors/
suggests more.
A few popular authors who are mathematicians write very approachable books about mathematics.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&...
Following links from links to the books by those authors will reveal other books by mathematicians who write for popular audiences.
Best wishes in gaining readers other than your mother (like me, for instance) as you communicate your interest in mathematics.