Radio
Radio Lab
"The Good Show" (12/14/10)
"Limits" (4/16/10)
"Numbers" (10/9/09)
"Are We Coins?" podcast (6/29/09)
"Yellow Fluff and Other Curious Encounters" (12/12/08)
"(So-Called) Life" (3/14/08)
"Emergence" (2/18/05)
LA Theatre Works
"Proof"
"Arcadia"
"Six Degrees of Separation"
Science Friday
"Steven Strogatz Talks Math" (2/26/10)
"Scientists Debate 'Six Degrees of Separation'" (1/25/08)
Other radio appearances
"Pi: A window on infinity" -- Colin McEnroe Show (3/14/11)
Ideas Network -- Wisconsin Public Radio (6/24/10)
"Swarm in here ... or is it just me?" -- SETI (6/21/10)
"Math for the nonmathletic" -- Colin McEnroe Show (3/15/10)
"Who are You Connected To?" -- Morning Edition (6/4/98)
"The Good Show" (12/14/10)
"Limits" (4/16/10)
"Numbers" (10/9/09)
"Are We Coins?" podcast (6/29/09)
"Yellow Fluff and Other Curious Encounters" (12/12/08)
"(So-Called) Life" (3/14/08)
"Emergence" (2/18/05)
LA Theatre Works
"Proof"
"Arcadia"
"Six Degrees of Separation"
Science Friday
"Steven Strogatz Talks Math" (2/26/10)
"Scientists Debate 'Six Degrees of Separation'" (1/25/08)
Other radio appearances
"Pi: A window on infinity" -- Colin McEnroe Show (3/14/11)
Ideas Network -- Wisconsin Public Radio (6/24/10)
"Swarm in here ... or is it just me?" -- SETI (6/21/10)
"Math for the nonmathletic" -- Colin McEnroe Show (3/15/10)
"Who are You Connected To?" -- Morning Edition (6/4/98)
Television
World of Numbers - The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TVO (TVOntario), Aug. 26, 2011.
How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer (also known as Connected: The Power of Six Degrees)
Documentary about networks, aired on ABC Australia, Oct. 28, 2008; Discovery Canada, Jan. 8, 2009;
Discovery Science Channel US, Feb. 15, 2009; BBC Two, United Kingdom, May 5, 2009.
2009 winner of the Australian Museum Eureka Prize, the most prestigious award in Australian science.
2010 winner of Best Film, SCINEMA Festival of Science Film Competition.
Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order - C-SPAN BookTV, 92nd St Y, Mar. 25, 2003, conversation with Alan Alda
How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer (also known as Connected: The Power of Six Degrees)
Documentary about networks, aired on ABC Australia, Oct. 28, 2008; Discovery Canada, Jan. 8, 2009;
Discovery Science Channel US, Feb. 15, 2009; BBC Two, United Kingdom, May 5, 2009.
2009 winner of the Australian Museum Eureka Prize, the most prestigious award in Australian science.
2010 winner of Best Film, SCINEMA Festival of Science Film Competition.
Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order - C-SPAN BookTV, 92nd St Y, Mar. 25, 2003, conversation with Alan Alda
Video
Simons Lecture Series, Mathematics Department, MIT (2011).
("The Department of Mathematics annually presents the Simons Lecture Series to celebrate the most exciting mathematical work by the very best mathematicians of our time.")
1. Coupled oscillators that synchronize themselves
2. Social networks that balance themselves
3. Blogging about math for the New York Times
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture, Princeton University (2011).
(“…a series of public lectures before the University annually on subjects of scientific interest. … Lecturers have included Edwin P. Hubble on “The Exploration of Space” (1931-1932) and Carl Sagan on “Extraterrestrial Life” (1972-1973).)
A Well-Lighted Place (interview about writing)
Math for the Masses (lecture about writing "The Elements of Math" blog for the NY Times)
The Calculus of Friendship (conversation with Alan Alda)
The Calculus of Friendship (trailer on YouTube)
The Calculus of Friendship (one-hour lecture)
Fractal lecture from Chaos: The Teaching Company
TED Lecture on how things in nature tend to sync up (Monterey, CA, Feb. 2004)
Parabolas (etc.) from WNYC/NPR Radio Lab
(a video inspired by Radio Lab episode “Yellow fluff and other curious encounters.”)
SEED Magazine: Salon with architect and designer Carlo Ratti, SEED Magazine, December 2008.
Video version
Transcript
A Simple Rhythm -- Documentary about synchronization in nature
(aired at Calgary International Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival, 2010)
("The Department of Mathematics annually presents the Simons Lecture Series to celebrate the most exciting mathematical work by the very best mathematicians of our time.")
1. Coupled oscillators that synchronize themselves
2. Social networks that balance themselves
3. Blogging about math for the New York Times
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture, Princeton University (2011).
(“…a series of public lectures before the University annually on subjects of scientific interest. … Lecturers have included Edwin P. Hubble on “The Exploration of Space” (1931-1932) and Carl Sagan on “Extraterrestrial Life” (1972-1973).)
A Well-Lighted Place (interview about writing)
Math for the Masses (lecture about writing "The Elements of Math" blog for the NY Times)
The Calculus of Friendship (conversation with Alan Alda)
The Calculus of Friendship (trailer on YouTube)
The Calculus of Friendship (one-hour lecture)
Fractal lecture from Chaos: The Teaching Company
TED Lecture on how things in nature tend to sync up (Monterey, CA, Feb. 2004)
Parabolas (etc.) from WNYC/NPR Radio Lab
(a video inspired by Radio Lab episode “Yellow fluff and other curious encounters.”)
SEED Magazine: Salon with architect and designer Carlo Ratti, SEED Magazine, December 2008.
Video version
Transcript
A Simple Rhythm -- Documentary about synchronization in nature
(aired at Calgary International Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival, 2010)
Selected Press
New York Times (11/9/10) Voices: What's next in science
Harvard Business Review (4/29/10) The best New York Times business columnist you've never heard of
Nature Physics (2010) News and Views: Spontaneous synchrony breaking
O, The Oprah Magazine (9/18/09) Social not-working: The perils of too much communication
New York Times (11/8/05) All together now: Synchrony explains swaying
Discovery News (8/21/03) Language's status drives its survival
New York Times (12/26/00) First cells, then species, now the web
New York Times (6/16/98) Mathematicians prove that it's a small world
Nature (6/4/98) News and Views: It's a small world
New York Times (1/6/98) Flirting male crabs found to wave claws in unison
New York Times (8/13/91) A mystery of nature: Mangroves full of fireflies blinking in unison
New York Times (1/8/85) Strange scroll-like wave is linked to biological processes
Harvard Business Review (4/29/10) The best New York Times business columnist you've never heard of
Nature Physics (2010) News and Views: Spontaneous synchrony breaking
O, The Oprah Magazine (9/18/09) Social not-working: The perils of too much communication
New York Times (11/8/05) All together now: Synchrony explains swaying
Discovery News (8/21/03) Language's status drives its survival
New York Times (12/26/00) First cells, then species, now the web
New York Times (6/16/98) Mathematicians prove that it's a small world
Nature (6/4/98) News and Views: It's a small world
New York Times (1/6/98) Flirting male crabs found to wave claws in unison
New York Times (8/13/91) A mystery of nature: Mangroves full of fireflies blinking in unison
New York Times (1/8/85) Strange scroll-like wave is linked to biological processes
Outreach
Adviser and interviewee on MATHematics Illuminated, a 13-part video and web-based educational series (2007-08), produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting and funded by the Annenberg Foundation. The series won a WebVisionary Award in 2008, in the “educational/resource” category.
Science adviser, Radio Lab, WNYC (2006-present)
Science consultant, “QED” – a Broadway play about Richard Feynman (2001-2002).
Interviewed and quoted by the New York Times, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, National Journal, and San Jose Mercury Sun, about how “six degrees of separation” makes us all feel personally affected by the World Trade Center attack (September 2001).
Science adviser, Radio Lab, WNYC (2006-present)
Science consultant, “QED” – a Broadway play about Richard Feynman (2001-2002).
Interviewed and quoted by the New York Times, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, National Journal, and San Jose Mercury Sun, about how “six degrees of separation” makes us all feel personally affected by the World Trade Center attack (September 2001).
