My Presentations

I talk a lot. Which is good, because I like to give presentations on just about anything that seems interesting (my goal in life is to give at least one presentation on every possible topic...that requires me to live at least 1000 years, so yes, it's ambitious...). Because there's a good chance that there are one or two other people on the planet who might find a talk of mine interesting, I've started putting them up online.

• • Mathematics and Art

    • Albrecht Durer: Renaissance Man (Ulster Community College, 2011)

    • Cut my Cote (AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, Washington DC, 2009)

    • Are you In or Out? (AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, Washington DC, 2009)

  • Mathematics and Society

    • 12 5 6 n Angry Men (NES-MAA Meeting, June 2012)

    • Occupy Phase Space: The Mathematics of Dissent and Suppression (Metro NYC MAA Meeting, May 2012)

    • Mathematics and the Law: How Big Should a Jury Be, and How Should it Render Its Decision? (AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, Boston, 2012)

    • Mathematics and the Law: Beyond People v. Collins (AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, New Orleans, 2011)

    • We The Jury (Bard College, 2011)

    • So You Want a Recount? (Brooklyn College Math Club, 2010)

    • How to Win an Election Without Really Trying (Midhudson Mathematics Conference for Undergraduates, 2011)

  • Mathematics and Education

    • College Algebra in the Nineteenth Century (Keynote address, NYSMATYC meeting)

    • The Rise (and Fall?) of Factoring (AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, Washington DC, 2009)

    • Mathematics of Non-Western Cultures (AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, New Orleans, 2011)

  • History of Mathematics

    • Interpolation, Extrapolation, Interpretation, and Speculation: What Do We Really Know About Ancient Mathematics? (Talk given to a summer seminar at Central Connecticut State University, 2010)

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