The SciencesSeptember 14, 2018
Burning Man’s Mathematical Underbelly
It’s mostly an art festival, but attendees are impressively fascinated with science and math
Stories by Seth Stannard Cottrell
Seth Cottrell earned his PhD in mathematics from the Courant Institute at NYU. His research is in quantum information and he teaches at New York City College of Technology. For ten years, He has talked to complete strangers about math and physics and written about it at askamathematician.com. His new book is "Do Colors Exist?: And Other Profound Physics Questions."