Siobhan Roberts is a Canadian science journalist, biographer, and historian of mathematics.
Siobhan Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Born | Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Ryerson University Queen's University at Kingston |
Education
editRoberts was born in Belleville, Ontario.[1] She earned a degree in history at Queen's University, then a graduate degree in journalism from Ryerson University in 1997.[2]
Books
editRoberts is the author of:
- King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, the Man Who Saved Geometry, about Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (Walker & Company, 2006),[3] winner of the Euler Book Prize of the Mathematical Association of America[4]
- Wind Wizard: Alan G. Davenport and the Art of Wind Engineering, about Alan Garnett Davenport (Princeton University Press, 2012),[5] winner of the W. Gordon Plewes History Award of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering[6]
- Genius At Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway, about John Horton Conway (Bloomsbury, 2015)[7]
Recognition
editRoberts has won a number of Canadian National Magazine Awards,[2] and she is the winner of the Communications Award of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics "for her engaging biographies of eminent mathematicians and articles about mathematics".[2][8]
References
edit- ^ "Transcript: Siobhan Roberts and Barry Wellman". TVOntario. March 10, 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ a b c Phillips, Catherine (January 22, 2017), "Journalist Siobhan Roberts wins prestigious award", Ryerson Review of Journalism
- ^ Reviews of King of Infinite Space:
- "Review", Publishers Weekly
- Ellenberg, Jordan (September 6, 2006), "Symmetry in Motion", The Washington Post
- Treleaven, Sarah (Spring 2007), "Review", Leading Edge, UofT Magazine
- Brown, J. R. (March 2007), Philosophia Mathematica, 15 (3): 386–388, doi:10.1093/philmat/nkm019
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Choate, Jonathan (July 2007), "Review", Convergence, Mathematical Association of America
- Rothman, Tony (March–April 2007), "Meet Mr. Polytope", American Scientist, 95 (2): 179–181, doi:10.1511/2007.64.179, JSTOR 27858939
- Hershey-Handler, Barbara (November 2007), The Mathematics Teacher, 101 (4): 318, JSTOR 20876122
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Alexanderson, Gerald L. (November 2007), The College Mathematics Journal, 38 (5): 405–408, doi:10.1080/07468342.2007.11922266, JSTOR 27646557, S2CID 218544671
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - du Sautoy, Marcus (December 8, 2007), "Strength in numbers", The Guardian
- Gray, Jeremy J. (December 2007), Isis, 98 (4): 875–876, doi:10.1086/529335
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Van Ryssen, Stefaan (2007), Leonardo, 40 (5): 499–500, doi:10.1162/leon.2007.40.5.499, JSTOR 20206493, S2CID 57558465
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Kidwell, Mark E. (May 2008), American Mathematical Monthly, 115 (5): 474–476, doi:10.1080/00029890.2008.11920553, JSTOR 27642524
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Persson, Ulf (November 2008), The Mathematical Intelligencer, 31 (1): 84–85, doi:10.1007/s00283-008-9009-7, S2CID 122727446
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - McRae, Alan S. (2008), Mathematical Reviews, MR 2352131
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Gough, John (2010), "Review", Vinculum, 47 (2): 8
- ^ "Euler Book Prize" (PDF), MAA Prizes Presented in Washington, DC, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 56 (5): 635, May 2009
- ^ Reviews of Wind Wizard:
- "Review", Kirkus Reviews
- Mariano, Paolo Maria, Mathematical Reviews, MR 3362895
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - McRobie, Allan (November 2012), "Engineering: Turbulent genius", Nature, 491 (7426): 668–669, Bibcode:2012Natur.491..668M, doi:10.1038/491668a
- Crystall, Ben (November 2012), "The man who tamed the wind", New Scientist, 216 (2891): 51, Bibcode:2012NewSc.216...51C, doi:10.1016/s0262-4079(12)62964-9
- Fessenden, Marissa (December 1, 2012), "Recommended", Scientific American, doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1212-82b
- Aynsley, Richard (November 2013), Architectural Science Review, 56 (4): 333–334, doi:10.1080/00038628.2013.831200, S2CID 109850692
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Lau, Robert (2013), CTBUH Journal, 1 (1), Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat: 56, JSTOR 24193224
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Bert, Ray (2013), Civil Engineering, 83 (2), ASCE: 74
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Turner, Roger (September 2014), Isis, 105 (3): 670–671, doi:10.1086/679174
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Seely, Bruce (2015), Technology and Culture, 56 (1): 281–283, doi:10.1353/tech.2015.0002, S2CID 109586567
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- ^ Prix W. Gordon Plewes Award (PDF), Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 2016, retrieved 2018-05-19
- ^ Reviews of Genius At Play:
- "Review", Publishers Weekly
- Wakefield, Thomas Philip, Mathematical Reviews, MR 3329687
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Lewin, Sarah (July 2015), Scientific American, 313 (2): 82, Bibcode:2015SciAm.313b..82L, doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0815-82d
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Harris, Michael (July 2015), "Mathematics: The mercurial mathematician", Nature, 523 (7561): 406–407, Bibcode:2015Natur.523..406H, doi:10.1038/523406a
- Mulcahy, Colm (July 14, 2015), "Review", The Huffington Post
- Glass, Darren (August 2015), "Review", MAA Reviews
- O'Rourke, Joseph (September 2015), The College Mathematics Journal, 46 (4): 309–314, doi:10.4169/college.math.j.46.4.309, S2CID 218545969
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Miller, Arthur I. (November 2015), "Trafficking in big ideas", Physics World, 28 (11): 42–43, Bibcode:2015PhyW...28k..42M, doi:10.1088/2058-7058/28/11/35
- Robbin, Tony (November 2015), "Review", Interalia
- Collins, Jeb (February 2016), Math Horizons, 23 (3): 29, doi:10.4169/mathhorizons.23.3.29, S2CID 197469317
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Mazur, Joseph (2016), The Mathematical Intelligencer, 38 (1): 78–81, doi:10.1007/s00283-015-9615-0, MR 3559420, S2CID 124725143
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Griffiths, Martin (February 2017), The Mathematical Gazette, 101 (550): 167–168, doi:10.1017/mag.2017.34
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- ^ JPBM Communications Award, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, retrieved 2018-05-19