Kivanc Akoz and I are excited to share that our book, GAME THEORY: A Very Brief and Non-Technical Introduction, will be prominently featured in a display of recreational mathematics titles soon!
It will be on display at the World Scientific booth during Gathering for Gardner 2026 in San Francisco! If you’re attending, please drop by and say hello — they'd love to meet readers and fellow enthusiasts.
G4G16 runs February 18–22, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. This invitation-only gathering brings together roughly 400 of the world’s most passionate minds in recreational math, puzzles, magic, art, and science — the exact audience that will truly appreciate and celebrate your work. Past events have featured surprise appearances by Donald Knuth, talks by Adam Savage, and unforgettable presentations that capture the playful spirit of Martin Gardner.
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Welcome to my homepage.
My email address is nejat.anbarci@durham.ac.uk
On other pages you can find (i) my detailed CV, and (ii) the list of my publications and some of my current work.
Below is a select set of my favorite quotes:
"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special." Stephen Hawking
"We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance." John Archibald Wheeler
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." Albert Einstein
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." Albert Einstein
"People like us who believe in physics know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." Albert Einstein
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" Albert Einstein
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research." Albert Einstein
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." Albert Einstein
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." George E.P. Box
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." The words are attributed to social activist and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
"Men and nations behave wisely when they have exhausted all other resources." Abba Eban
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." Thomas A. Edison
"When you lose, don't lose the lesson." Dalai Lama
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas A. Edison
"You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win [or are successful], and you're never as bad as they say when you lose [or are unsuccessful]." Lou Holtz
"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal." Aristotele
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” Coco Chanel