Robyn Arianrhod - mathematician and author - has gained wide recognition through her recent publication Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the World...more
Robyn Arianrhod
Robyn Arianrhod - mathematician and author - has gained wide recognition through her recent publication Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the World Through the Language of Mathematics. In it, she shows how theoretical physicists like Einstein, Newton, Faraday and especially Maxwell employ the language of mathematics to articulate their imaginings about the “reality” of our universe. Einstein’s Heroes was first published in Australia, where it was short-listed for the 2004 Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year and the 2004 Victorian Premier's Prize; it has also been published in the UK and the US, with the French and Japanese editions appearing later this year. Robyn teaches at the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University, where she is currently an Honorary Research Associate.
Thomas Deichmann
A graduate in engineering, Thomas Deichmann has achieved notable success as a freelance journalist contributing to Focus, Die Welt, Financial Times...more
Thomas Deichmann
A graduate in engineering, Thomas Deichmann has achieved notable success as a freelance journalist contributing to Focus, Die Welt, Financial Times Deutschland, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin and Die Woche. Turning his talents to books, he has recently collaborated with Professor Detlev Ganten and Thilo Spahl on ’Life, Nature, Science: Everything you need to know’ (2003) and with Thilo Spahl on ’A lexicon of gene technology’ (2001).
Detlef Ganten
Detlev Ganten came to prominence as a research scientist in the field of hypertension, elucidating fundamental mechanisms in the development of high...more
Detlef Ganten
Detlev Ganten came to prominence as a research scientist in the field of hypertension, elucidating fundamental mechanisms in the development of high blood pressure. He was the founding director of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, establishing one of Europe’s first biotechnology parks to cover the spectrum from basic to applied science. Currently, Professor Detlev Ganten is Chairman of the Board of Europe’s largest university medical center, the Charité in Berlin. He has published widely, including ’Life, Nature, Science: Everything you need to know’ (2003) with Thomas Deichmann and Thilo Spahl, and he edits the Journal of Molecular Medicine (JMM). Professor Ganten has been honoured with the Max Planck Research Prize (1990), the Okamoto Prize, Japan (1990) and the CIBA Prize of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association (1992). He has received the German Distinguished Service Cross (Bundesverdienstkreuz) and is a Knight of the French "Legion d'Honneur". Visit his website.
Robert Kaplan has taught philosophy, Greek, German, Sanskrit and, most famously, mathematics. Recently based at Harvard University, he has founded and...more
Robert Kaplan
Robert Kaplan has taught philosophy, Greek, German, Sanskrit and, most famously, mathematics. Recently based at Harvard University, he has founded and directed mathematics programs at various secondary and primary schools, including the Sage School for gifted children. In 1994, with his wife Ellen, he founded The Math Circle, a program open to the public for the enjoyment of pure mathematics.
He is author of 'The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero' (1999), and with his wife, 'The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics' (2003), They are both now writing 'Out of the Labyrinth: Mathematics Set Free' (to appear). Visit The Math Circle at: www.themathcircle.org
