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Steven Strogatz

@stevenstrogatz.com
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Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time. www.stevenstrogatz.com

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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 1h
BIG MATH received this very kind pre-publication review in Kirkus: kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... Six weeks till launch! Can't wait -- feeling jumpy...
A very positive review of BIG MATH, a new book by Steven Strogatz and Alex Townsend. The review appears in Kirkus Reviews.
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 1h
Beautiful article about math and AI by Dan Rockmore. The connection to art and photography via Walter Benjamin was very fresh -- definitely worth reading, even if you're tired of reading about math and AI.
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 2h
I had the honor of writing about Fields medalist Yu Deng for @TIME Magazine. The tricky part was to try to convey the essence of his brilliant work honestly, yet in terms the public might appreciate. time.com/collection/t...
A photo of Fields medalist Yu Deng, and a brief explanation of how his mathematical work helps bridge the gulf between the micro and the macro descriptions of air and other gases.
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 29/09/2026
Thanks!
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 29/09/2026
My podcast with Janna Levin, THE JOY OF WHY, has been nominated for a Signal Award in the category "science and education". Please consider voting for us! vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 27/09/2026
Thanks for the heads up!
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 27/09/2026
Cool!
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 27/09/2026
Thanks!!
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 27/09/2026
Mathematicians and scientists: Want to write for a broad audience about big ideas? Apply for the fully funded Beyond the Ivory Tower writing workshop at Wake Forest, Jan. 15–16, led by NYT editor James Ryerson. Applications due Oct. 9: beyondtheivorytower.com/workshop
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Workshop — Beyond the Ivory Tower
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/s...
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Mathematics Isn’t Just a Game to Let A.I. Solve. History Shows Why. (Gift Article)
In our field of applied mathematics, the long, human process of trial and error — not just the solutions themselves — is often what has led to progress.
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Delia Rodríguez @delia2d.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
De todo lo que ha pasado últimamente, me quedo con un detalle: Steven Strogatz llorando por unas matemáticas "al borde de la comprensión humana" elpais.com/opinion/2026...
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La IA, las lágrimas de Strogatz y el momento Kaspárov
“Ya no podremos aspirar a escalar las montañas más altas, porque las máquinas siempre llegarán primero. Perderemos siempre”, lamentaba el matemático
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Jennifer Vibber @mrsvibbermath.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I feel like this would be a fun fill in the blank where every answer is correct: "I had a great conversation about _______ with @stevenstrogatz.com " "I had a great conversation about tile grouting with Steven Strogatz" and I'd still click that link.
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Dave Richeson @divbyzero.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thanks! Sure! Here’s a short video. 
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 21/08/2026
You are too funny, Jennifer!
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dannycalegari.bsky.social @dannycalegari.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I don't use this word lightly, but if this is really happening (independent confirmation from reliable news sources would be good??) then I am stunned by the level of evil and contempt it displays. So much for Anthropic being the "good guys". xcancel.com/HedgieMarket...
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Hedgie (@HedgieMarkets)
🦔AI companies are bulk-buying rare books, scanning them through high-speed machines that cut the spines off, and shredding the originals. A service called ISBNdb facilitates orders of up to a million ...
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 12/08/2026
Latest crazy story from the frontiers of math and AI -- a neurosurgery resident, with no training in advanced math, uses ChatGPT 5.6 to solve a major open problem in numerical linear algebra. alextownsend.net/essays/SIAMN...
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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“Currently, Google’s offering is all-or-nothing: If you want to show up in search results, you’re also agreeing to let the company feed your content into the maw of its AI apparatus.” By @katiebakes.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2026/08/04/t...
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The End of Google Search—and the Internet—as We Know It
For years now, Google has been tweaking its search formula to prop up AI and bury actual links. Now it’s rounding into its final form—and changing the internet forever.
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I actually don't mind being wrong.. we said this is what's happening on the Millennium Bridge.. what we proposed doesn't work. But it was interesting. We really did stick our neck out and unfortunately got our head chopped off. –Steven Strogatz, Cornell Professor @stevenstrogatz.com
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 25/07/2026
What happens to beauty, truth, and proof when the prover isn't a person? Join hosts @stevenstrogatz.com and @jannalevinastro.bsky.social tomorrow for a discussion on AI and math in a special live recording of The Joy of Why podcast at #ICM2026. Reserve your spot: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-joy-of...
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 24/07/2026
Thanks so much – glad you enjoyed it!
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Jude Isabella @judeisabella.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
So great to see a @biographic.bsky.social story in @theopennotebook.bsky.social's, "The Best Science Stories and How They Work." The always thoughtful @bengoldfarb.bsky.social annotated a bG story by writer Kamala Thiagarajan. Great resource, grab your copy: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...
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The Best Science Stories and How They Work: A Collection with Commentary - The Open Notebook
An invitation to engage with some of today’s most respected science journalists as they take readers beneath the surface to tell the stories behind eleven of the best science stories.
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/07/2026
The end of an era: Manil Suri reflects on his impending retirement after several decades as a math professor, building his reminiscences around the artifacts of his office — the paper clips, the chalkboard, the overstuffed filing cabinets. manilsuri.substack.com/p/on-saying-...
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On saying goodbye to my office
And retiring from the only job I've ever had
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/07/2026
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the show
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Transitional Fossil @transitfossil.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
a truly joyful "joy of why" podcast from @stevenstrogatz.com fantastic discussion with Adam Riess, a former student and 2011 Nobel Prize winner, about cosmology. he's still doing great work studying the mysteries of science. Steve Strogatz' students are fortunate.
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Noise Research @noiseresearch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Just finished this one, 'The Joy of X' by Steven Strogatz (2012). It's thought provoking and it explores some tricky concepts but above all, for a book on a traditionally maligned subject, it's readable for those of us who aren't mathematicians #booksky #books #maths 📚
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James Swift @swift.casa · 15/07/2026
Can also recommend Infinite Powers also by @stevenstrogatz.com Quite an achievement to make a book about calculus a great summer beach read! www.thalia.at/shop/home/ar...
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/07/2026
Direct links to the episode here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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How Fast Is the Universe Really Expanding?
Podcast Episode · The Joy of Why · July 23 · 1h 5m
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/07/2026
How fast is the universe expanding? Two reasonable ways of estimating the expansion rate give puzzlingly different results. I discussed what this mystery might mean with Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist Adam Riess - join us! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Joy of Why
Life Sciences Podcast · Updated Biweekly · “The Joy of Why” is a Quanta Magazine podcast about curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz and the cosmologist ...
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 07/07/2026
Congratulations on the magnificent results! Eager to learn more about what you all discovered.
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 07/07/2026
Thanks for drawing attention to these studies, @standehaene.bsky.social ! I don't know how I managed to miss all of this for years, but it sounds like an wonderful body of research. And as a fan of rings and tori, I can't wait to learn more
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Stanislas Dehaene @standehaene.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The global neuronal workspace (GNW) is currently the best documented neuroscience mechanism by which conscious processing arises in the human brain — and now Anthropic researchers have discovered a similar workspace inside their large language model ! www.anthropic.com/research/glo...
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A global workspace in language models
Interpretability research on Claude's internal thoughts.
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 04/07/2026
Our loss!
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 27/06/2026
It's a really nice paper, George, and very well written as well as very well conceived and executed. Give my congratulations to Cris as well.
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George Cantwell @gcant.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Now with a nice "Editors' Suggestion" badge! We have some further rigorous results (i.e., not approximations) to follow shortly.
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Transitional Fossil @transitfossil.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
@stevenstrogatz.com today's "Joy of Why" was great. Lauren Williams was brilliant. the back-and-forth between two stellar mathematicians was terrific to listen to. you made a difficult topic accessible w/o being condescending to your audience. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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What Is the Positive Grassmannian and Why Does It Show Up Everywhere?
Podcast Episode · The Joy of Why · June 25 · 52m
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 25/06/2026
Thanks very much – so glad you enjoyed the show!
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/06/2026
To give you a taste, here are the first three pages (from the page proofs - the book is still in production)
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/06/2026
Thanks Roland!
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/06/2026
Thanks Alain!!
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/06/2026
It's being published by @johnmurrays.bsky.social in the UK and will have many editions in other languages and countries soon. Other pre-order options are listed here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/steve...
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/06/2026
To give you a taste, here are the first three pages (from the page proofs - the book is still in production)
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/06/2026
My new book! Written w my pal Alex Townsend, it's about the math behind enormous systems (medical scans, AI, etc.) and what happens when they outgrow our ability to understand them. Pre-order at @barnesandnoble.com for 25% off -> www.barnesandnoble.com/w/big-math-s... @littlebrown.bsky.social
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Marcello Seri @mseri.me · 16/06/2026
Last week, with the good excuse of a 15 min lecture, I have discovered taxicab geometry. Very fun and surprising to say the least! So I took my chance to type down the lecture in my blog. I hope you enjoy www.mseri.me/the-geometry... #mathSky #eduSky
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The Geometry of Bringing Your Kids to School
Geometry is among the anciest branches of mathematics. Ethymologically, it comes from the greek Ge (γῆ), Earth, and Metria (μετρία), measurement. It was literally born to measure lengths, something we...
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Andrew Krause @blindmath.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Ever wanted an interactive lightning-fast solver for models in physics, chemistry, or biology? Do you have a web browser? I'm thrilled to share our website visualpde.com, built explicitly to create interactive spatial models on most devices. Follow @visualpde.com for cool updates!
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VisualPDE
VisualPDE brings interactive science and mathematics to the web. Explore topics including waves, viruses and reaction—diffusion patterns, or create your own simulation.
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Andrew Krause @blindmath.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Unputdownable" is an apt description of quite a lot of @stevenstrogatz.com's writing! I'm glad to see such passion from a student who asked for summer reading recommendations 😀.
The beginning of an email which reads:

"Hello Andrew,

I just wanted to give you an update a week after our meeting. I have gone to the national library in the city to acquire and lend the books you suggested, they didn’t have the ones on PDEs, so I will have to go to a library further out to get those.

However, I’ve now started on Steven Strogatz’s unputdownable “Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos” which, funnily enough, I found more compelling than many non-academic books."
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 16/06/2026
Aww! ☺️ Thanks so much. Always happy to spread the good word about nonlinear dynamics -- and math in general!
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 16/06/2026
For America's upcoming 250th anniversary, Time Magazine asked several people to suggest an example of a "Science and Health Breakthrough Shaping a New American Era." My suggestion: Big Math, the computer-assisted study of enormous systems. time.com/collection/o...
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The Science and Health Breakthroughs Shaping a New American Era
TIME asked Bill Nye, Emily Oster, Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, and 22 others to tell us about the scientific advances defining the U.S. at 250
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 13/06/2026
Sending you hugs -- and Rex sounds like he is very loved. ❤️
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 12/06/2026
I'm so glad you met him!
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