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Author: Siobhan Roberts

Siobhan Roberts
Siobhan Roberts
Siobhan Roberts is a science journalist and biographer. Her latest book is Genius at Play, The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway.
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Science

Want to Cure Math Anxiety? Start with a Magic Trick

August 8, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Siobhan Roberts

Manjul Bhargava is among a small group of mathematicians bringing math to the masses

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The "glove box" of the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector keeps out contaminants.
Science

Searching for the Secrets of the Universe in Sudbury, Ontario

June 27, 2017July 17, 2019 - by Siobhan Roberts

Dark matter has never been observed directly. Canada’s SNOLAB hopes to change that

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Books / June 2008

Arias of Darkness

June 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Siobhan Roberts

Setting Joseph Conrad’s classic novel to music.

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April 2007 / Education

Cubic Connection

April 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Siobhan Roberts

A reclusive amateur geometer who hates numbers receives a visitor

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Education / November 2005

Do the Math

November 12, 2005October 16, 2019 - by Siobhan Roberts

Why ’rithmetic shouldn’t make you cringe

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February/March 2004 / Technology

The Cosmic Geometer

February 12, 2004October 16, 2019 - by Siobhan Roberts

How to measure the shape of the universe

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