Siobhan Roberts

Short description: Canadian science journalist, biographer and historian of mathematics

Siobhan Roberts

Born| Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Occupation| Journalist
Nationality| Canadian
Alma mater| Ryerson University
Queen's University at Kingston

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

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Books
* 3 Recognition
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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] She won the 2009 Euler Book Prize for her book King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, The Man Who Saved Geometry.[9]

## References

1. ↑ "Transcript: Siobhan Roberts and Barry Wellman". TVOntario. March 10, 2007. https://www.tvo.org/transcript/834039/siobhan-roberts-and-barry-wellman.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Phillips, Catherine (January 22, 2017), "Journalist Siobhan Roberts wins prestigious award", Ryerson Review of Journalism, http://rrj.ca/journalist-siobhan-roberts-wins-prestigious-book-award/
3. ↑ Reviews of King of Infinite Space:
* "Review", Publishers Weekly, https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8027-1499-2
* Ellenberg, Jordan (September 6, 2006), "Symmetry in Motion", The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090501286.html
* Treleaven, Sarah (Spring 2007), "Review", UofT Magazine, http://magazine.utoronto.ca/leading-edge/donald-coxeter-the-man-who-saved-geometry-siobhan-roberts-u-of-t-mathematics/
* Brown, J. R. (March 2007), "none", Philosophia Mathematica 15 (3): 386–388, doi:10.1093/philmat/nkm019
* Choate, Jonathan (July 2007), "Review", Convergence (Mathematical Association of America), https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/king-of-infinite-space-donald-coxeter-the-man-who-saved-geometry
* Rothman, Tony (March–April 2007), "Meet Mr. Polytope", American Scientist 95 (2): 179–181, doi:10.1511/2007.64.179
* Hershey-Handler, Barbara (November 2007), "none", The Mathematics Teacher 101 (4): 318
* Alexanderson, Gerald L. (November 2007), "none", The College Mathematics Journal 38 (5): 405–408, doi:10.1080/07468342.2007.11922266
* du Sautoy, Marcus (December 8, 2007), "Strength in numbers", The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/dec/08/featuresreviews.guardianreview21
* Gray, Jeremy J. (December 2007), "none", Isis 98 (4): 875–876, doi:10.1086/529335
* Van Ryssen, Stefaan (2007), "none", Leonardo 40 (5): 499–500, doi:10.1162/leon.2007.40.5.499
* Kidwell, Mark E. (May 2008), "none", American Mathematical Monthly 115 (5): 474–476, doi:10.1080/00029890.2008.11920553
* Persson, Ulf (November 2008), "none", The Mathematical Intelligencer 31 (1): 84–85, doi:10.1007/s00283-008-9009-7
* McRae, Alan S. (2008), "none", Mathematical Reviews
* Gough, John (2010), "Review", Vinculum 47 (2): 8, http://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30034439
4. ↑ "Euler Book Prize", Notices of the American Mathematical Society 56 (5): 635, May 2009, http://www.ams.org/notices/200905/rtx090500633p.pdf
5. ↑ Reviews of Wind Wizard:
* "Review", Kirkus Reviews, https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/siobhan-roberts/wind-wizard/
* Mariano, Paolo Maria, "none", Mathematical Reviews
* McRobie, Allan (November 2012), "Engineering: Turbulent genius", Nature 491 (7426): 668–669, doi:10.1038/491668a, Bibcode: 2012Natur.491..668M
* Crystall, Ben (November 2012), "The man who tamed the wind", New Scientist 216 (2891): 51, doi:10.1016/s0262-4079(12)62964-9, Bibcode: 2012NewSc.216...51C
* Fessenden, Marissa (December 1, 2012), "Recommended", Scientific American, doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1212-82b, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/recommended-wind-wizard/
* Aynsley, Richard (November 2013), "none", Architectural Science Review 56 (4): 333–334, doi:10.1080/00038628.2013.831200
* Lau, Robert (2013), "none", CTBUH Journal (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) 1 (1): 56
* Bert, Ray (2013), "none", Civil Engineering (ASCE) 83 (2): 74
* Turner, Roger (September 2014), "none", Isis 105 (3): 670–671, doi:10.1086/679174
* Seely, Bruce (2015), "none", Technology and Culture 56 (1): 281–283, doi:10.1353/tech.2015.0002
6. ↑ Prix W. Gordon Plewes Award, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 2016, https://csce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Career.pdf, retrieved 2018-05-19
7. ↑ Reviews of Genius At Play:
* "Review", Publishers Weekly, https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-62040-593-2
* Wakefield, Thomas Philip, "none", Mathematical Reviews
* Lewin, Sarah (July 2015), "none", Scientific American 313 (2): 82, doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0815-82d, Bibcode: 2015SciAm.313b..82L
* Harris, Michael (July 2015), "Mathematics: The mercurial mathematician", Nature 523 (7561): 406–407, doi:10.1038/523406a, Bibcode: 2015Natur.523..406H
* Mulcahy, Colm (July 14, 2015), "Review", The Huffington Post, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/colm-mulcahy/john-h-conway-genius-at-p_b_7749796.html
* Glass, Darren (August 2015), "Review", MAA Reviews, https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/genius-at-play-the-curious-mind-of-john-horton-conway
* O'Rourke, Joseph (September 2015), "none", The College Mathematics Journal 46 (4): 309–314, doi:10.4169/college.math.j.46.4.309
* Miller, Arthur I. (November 2015), "Trafficking in big ideas", Physics World 28 (11): 42–43, doi:10.1088/2058-7058/28/11/35, Bibcode: 2015PhyW...28k..42M
* Robbin, Tony (November 2015), "Review", Interalia, https://www.interaliamag.org/articles/genius-at-play-the-curious-mind-of-john-horton-conway/
* Collins, Jeb (February 2016), "none", Math Horizons 23 (3): 29, doi:10.4169/mathhorizons.23.3.29
* Mazur, Joseph (2016), "none", The Mathematical Intelligencer 38 (1): 78–81, doi:10.1007/s00283-015-9615-0
* Griffiths, Martin (February 2017), "none", The Mathematical Gazette 101 (550): 167–168, doi:10.1017/mag.2017.34
8. ↑ JPBM Communications Award, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, https://www.siam.org/prizes/sponsored/jpbm.php, retrieved 2018-05-19
9. ↑ "Siobhan Roberts | Writers' Trust of Canada". https://www.writerstrust.com/authors/siobhan-roberts.

## External links

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