Siobhan Roberts

Siobhan Roberts is a Canadian science journalist, biographer, and historian of mathematics.

Education

Roberts 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

Roberts 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

Roberts 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

1. "Transcript: Siobhan Roberts and Barry Wellman". TVOntario. March 10, 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
2. Phillips, Catherine (January 22, 2017), "Journalist Siobhan Roberts wins prestigious award", Ryerson Review of Journalism
3. 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/nkm019CS1 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 20876122CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Alexanderson, Gerald L. (November 2007), The College Mathematics Journal, 38 (5): 405–408, doi:10.1080/07468342.2007.11922266, JSTOR 27646557CS1 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:10.1086/529335CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Van Ryssen, Stefaan (2007), Leonardo, 40 (5): 499–500, doi:10.1162/leon.2007.40.5.499, JSTOR 20206493CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Kidwell, Mark E. (May 2008), American Mathematical Monthly, 115 (5): 474–476, JSTOR 27642524CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Persson, Ulf (November 2008), The Mathematical Intelligencer, 31 (1): 84–85, doi:10.1007/s00283-008-9009-7CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • McRae, Alan S. (2008), Mathematical Reviews, MR 2352131CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Gough, John (2010), "Review", Vinculum, 47 (2): 8
4. "Euler Book Prize" (PDF), MAA Prizes Presented in Washington, DC, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 56 (5): 635, May 2009
5. Reviews of Wind Wizard:
   • "Review", Kirkus Reviews
   • Mariano, Paolo Maria, Mathematical Reviews, MR 3362895CS1 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:10.1080/00038628.2013.831200CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Lau, Robert (2013), CTBUH Journal, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, 1 (1): 56, JSTOR 24193224CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Bert, Ray (2013), Civil Engineering, ASCE, 83 (2): 74CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Turner, Roger (September 2014), Isis, 105 (3): 670–671, doi:10.1086/679174CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Seely, Bruce (2015), Technology and Culture, 56 (1): 281–283, doi:10.1353/tech.2015.0002CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
6. Prix W. Gordon Plewes Award (PDF), Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 2016, retrieved 2018-05-19
7. Reviews of Genius At Play:
   • "Review", Publishers Weekly
   • Wakefield, Thomas Philip, Mathematical Reviews, MR 3329687CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Lewin, Sarah (July 2015), Scientific American, 313 (2): 82, Bibcode:2015SciAm.313b..82L, doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0815-82dCS1 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.46.4.309CS1 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.23.3.29CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Mazur, Joseph (2016), The Mathematical Intelligencer, 38 (1): 78–81, doi:10.1007/s00283-015-9615-0, MR 3559420CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Griffiths, Martin (February 2017), The Mathematical Gazette, 101 (550): 167–168, doi:10.1017/mag.2017.34CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
8. JPBM Communications Award, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, retrieved 2018-05-19

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