Erica Klarreich

Mathematics and Science Writer

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Erica Klarreich

Mathematics and Science Writer

Text copyright © 2013 Erica Klarreich. All rights reserved.

Home.About Me.Articles.Resume.Contact.

 

 

About Me

 

 

I am a mathematics and science journalist based in Berkeley, California.

 

My work has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, American Scientist, Science News, Wired.com and the web site of Scientific American, and it has been reprinted in The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010 and The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011.

 

 

 

Recent articles

 

How to Make Impossible Wallpaper

 

A tale of forbidden symmetries.

Simons Foundation web site, March 5, 2013

Scientific American web site, March 8, 2013

 

Computer Scientists Take Road Less Traveled

 

After decades without progress, new shortcuts are discovered in the traveling salesman problem.

Simons Foundation web site, January 29, 2013

Wired.com, January 30, 2013

 

Privacy by the Numbers

 

A mathematical technique gives researchers access to personal data while meeting a high standard for privacy protection.

Simons Foundation web site, December 10, 2012

Scientific American web site, December 31, 2012

 

 

Getting into Shapes

 

A proof marks the end of an era in the study of three-dimensional shapes.

Simons Foundation web site, October 2, 2012

Scientific American web site, December 26, 2012

 

 

Last updated April 11, 2013