Science News
2007. Games Theory: Online play can help researchers tackle tough computational problems. 171(March 17):170-172.
2006. Swirling Seas, Crystal Balls: Spirals of triangles crinkle into intricate structures. 170(Oct. 21):266-268.
2006. Chaotic Chomp: The mathematics of crystal growth sheds light on a tantalizing game. 170(July 22):58-60.
2006. All Square: A surprising, far-reaching overhaul for theories about quadratic expressions. 169(March 11):152-153.
2005. Archival Science: Rediscovered photos provide a look inside the 1925 Scopes evolution trial. 168(Dec. 24):408-409.
2005. Surface Story: Inspired by spiral soap films, mathematicians zero in on a novel, economical, and infinite helix. 168(Dec. 17):393-394.
Papers
2001. Touring the scientific Web. Science Communications 2(March):246-255.
2000. Science News Online: Beyond hits and page views. Journal of Electronic Publishing 5(March).
1991. Searching for new mathematics. SIAM Review 33(March):37-42.
The Mathematical Tourist
2008
Stooges Statistics. February 14.
2007
Artful Twists. December 21.
Random Walks to Football Rankings. November 15.
Optimal Fetching. October 31.
Norwegian Sol. October 18.
Spontaneous Knotting. October 1.
Folding a Klein Bottle. September 21.
A CMJ Hit Parade. September 13.
Rectangular States and Kinky Borders. August 30.
The Number Pad Game. August 23.
Symmetries of Beaded Beads. August 16.
Tom Lehrer's Derivative Ditties. July 19.
Binary Frieze. July 6.
Wrapping a Perfect Sphere. June 28.
Math Mag's Greatest Hits. June 8.
Unwrapping Curves. June 4.
Random-Turn Hex. May 29.
Closet Doors. May 7.
Integral Heptagons. April 30.
The Fabulously Odd 11-Cell. April 23.
Meccano Math. April 16.
Flatland: The Movies. April 9.
Waves of a Sea Battle. April 2.
Mathematical Survivor. March 26.
Lewis Carroll and His Telescoping Determinants. March 19.
Euler's Beauties. March 12.
Levers, Dials, and Mystic Math. March 5.
Personal Blogs
MatheMUSEmentsIvars Peterson's MathTrek
2007
The Complexity of TipOver and Other Puzzles. Feb. 17.
Divide-and-Conquer Multiplication. Feb. 10.
Sudoku Class. Feb. 3.
Knitting Network. Jan. 27.
A Polyhedron with a Hole. Jan. 20.
Art of the Tetrahedron, Revisited. Jan. 13.
Laying Track. Jan. 6.
Muse
2008
Knotty Cords. 12(March):18.
Border States. 12(February):15.
Ways to Lay Track. 12(January):36.
2007
King Me! 11(November/December):36.
Mystic Puzzler. 11(October):36.
Changing the Soccer Ball. 11(September):36.
Seven Bridges. 11(July/August):36.
Twisted Security. 11(May/June): 36.
Eye Reflections. 11(April):29.
Picture Game. 11(March):37.
Spiraling Triangles. 11(February):26-27.
The Power of 10. 11(January):22.
2006
The Simpsons and Mathematics. 10(November/December):44.
Upgrading. 10(October):33.
Climbing a Watery Slope. 10(September):28.
Count and Capture. 10(July/August):28-29.
From Counting to Writing? 10(May/June):39.
By the Numb3rs. 10(April):43.
