
OpinionJune 11, 2021
A Random Walk through the English Language
How a dispute between a religious believer and a confirmed atheist led to a major mathematical breakthrough
Jordan Ellenberg is John D. MacArthur Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His writing has appeared in Slate, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe and the Believer. He is author of the new book Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else.

A Random Walk through the English Language
How a dispute between a religious believer and a confirmed atheist led to a major mathematical breakthrough