The Mathematical Tourist

April 29, 2018

Glass apparatus (electromagnetic tube) used by J.J. Thomson to measure the ratio of charge to mass of cathode rays. Science Museum, London, 1975.

Photo by I. Peterson

Math Tourist: Ivars Peterson is a freelance writer and editor. He was Director of Publications at the Mathematical Association of America from 2007 to 2014. As an award-winning mathematics writer, he previously worked at Science News for more than 25 years and served as editor of Science News Online and Science News for Kids. His books include The Mathematical Tourist, Islands of Truth, Newton's Clock, and Fragments of Infinity: A Kaleidoscope of Math and Art.

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