Steven Strogatz
Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics | Cornell University
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- Cornell University College of Arts & Sciences News
March 5, 2019
- Cornell Daily Sun
March 29, 2017
- Technology Review
January 13, 2017
- Business Insider
June 8, 2016
TED Talk
The Science of Sync
How things in nature tend to sync up
Recent Activities
Recent Activities
The famous mathematical ratio, estimated to more than 22 trillion digits (and counting), is the perfect symbol for our species’ long effort to tame infinity.
- The New York Times
March 14, 2019
The stunning success of AlphaZero, a deep-learning algorithm, heralds a new age of insight—one that, for humans, may not last long.
- The New York Times
December 26, 2018
A panel discussion about Srinivasa Ramanujan, the nature of mathematical genius, and the film "The Man Who Knew Infinity."
- World Science Festival
March 11, 2016
On Science Friday at the 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival, Jordan Ellenberg, Jo Boaler and Steven Strogatz fielded questions from host Ira Flatow and posed brainteasers to the live audience. (Photo Credit: Olivier Douliery)
- Aspen Institute
July 3, 2015
Rockefeller University awarded the 2015 Lewis Thomas Prize, which "honors the scientist as poet," to Ian Stewart and Steven Strogatz. Alan Alda kept the audience in stitches.
- Rockefeller University
March 30, 2015
Why do mathematicians care so much about pi? Strogatz came out of his burrow long enough to write about it for The New Yorker on "Pi Day of the Century," 3.14.15.
- The New Yorker
March 14, 2015
Strogatz was honored with Alan Alda at the 2014 MoMath Gala for “contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of mathematics.”
- Museum of Math
October 14, 2014
Strogatz shares what worked—and what didn’t—in his efforts to democratize math through a regular New York Times column.
- Public Lecture at the Santa Fe Institute
August 6, 2014
Strogatz discusses his lecture, “The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math” with Mary-Charlotte Domandi
- Santa Fe Radio Cafe
August 6, 2014
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Einstein's boyhood proof of the Pythagorean theorem foreshadows the scientist he later became.
- The New Yorker
November 19, 2015