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Author: Ben Orlin

Puzzle Planet.

A new book needs you.

Ben Orlin puzzles 6 Comments March 11, 2026 3 Minutes

Democracy isn’t math. But it isn’t NOT math.

A big-name new book, featuring a few of my scraggly illustrations.

Ben Orlin Math 7 Comments June 16, 2020 3 Minutes

What Graphs Reveal (If You Give Them Time)

A story isn't a story if you scream it all at once.

Ben Orlin Education 8 Comments June 3, 2020June 23, 2020 3 Minutes

Math Games with Bad Drawings

Your chance to help shape a forthcoming book.

Ben Orlin Math 21 Comments May 27, 2020June 1, 2020 3 Minutes

Six Strategic Pen-and-Paper Games (from a Strange and Bottomless Mind)

Pencil, paper, and a little flash of genius.

Ben Orlin Math, They Made a Thing 29 Comments April 22, 2020April 16, 2020 7 Minutes

11 Geometry Puzzles That Drive Mathematicians to Madness

This high school math teacher is drawing low-key comparisons to Richard Feynman.

Ben Orlin Catriona Shearer, Puzzle Wizard 14 Comments April 15, 2020April 7, 2020 4 Minutes

More Great Ways to Annoy a Mathematician

35 of my silliest, stupidest, and most heartfelt math cartoons.

Ben Orlin Cartoons 20 Comments April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 7 Minutes

Kids Say the Darnedest Cubics

A 9-year-old scrawls an innocent problem... and suddenly 3D surfaces are intersecting in 4D space.

Ben Orlin Math 14 Comments March 11, 2020March 23, 2020 5 Minutes

$500 Million for Bloomberg Equals… What for You or Me?

Tricky equivalences.

Ben Orlin Math 7 Comments March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 1 Minute

A Compendium of Cool Internet Math Things

Visually stimulating. Mathematically rich.

Ben Orlin Education, Math, Roundups 7 Comments March 4, 2020March 5, 2020 2 Minutes

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