Biography

Dana Mackenzie received his doctorate in mathematics from Princeton University in 1983 and taught for several years at Duke University and Kenyon College. Since 1996 he has been a freelance writer specializing in math and science, and he has frequently edited articles on mathematical topics for American Scientist. His published books include The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be (Wiley, 2003), and volumes 6 and 7 of What’s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences (American Mathematical Society, 2007 and 2009). Email: scribe at danamackenzie dot com

By this author :

Computing Science
	A Tisket, a Tasket, an Apollonian Gasket
Science Observer
	Addicted to Logic
	The Proof Is in the Packing
	A Megalith for the Millennium
	A Sine on the Road to Mecca
	Tornado Rising