Ivars Peterson is Director of Publications for Journals and Communications at the Mathematical Association of America. 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, The Jungles of Randomness, and Fragments of Infinity: A Kaleidoscope of Math and Art.
Annual Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America, June 19-21, 2008, Carroll College, Helena, Mont.
Banquet Presentation: "Soap Bubbles in Math, Science, and Art," June 20, 2008.
Invited Presentation: "A Knotty Tale: From Vortex Atoms to DNA Tangles," June 21, 2008, 9:00 a.m.
PREP Workshop: Expository Writing to Communicate Mathematics, June 30-July 3, 2008, MAA Carriage House, Washington, D.C.
MathFest 2008, July 31-Aug. 2, 2008, Madison, Wisc.
Panel: Writing for MAA Periodicals, July 31, 2008, 1:00-2:20 p.m.
