Why It’s So Hard to Surprise a Mathematician

A remix of the birthday "paradox."

Powers Great and Small

A puzzle I wrote for 12-year-olds turns out deeper than I expected.

Math Explained through Anagrams

Integral calculus = gallant curlicues.

Four Ways of Thinking About a Line

You don't hear a lot of hot takes on straight lines. Or do you?

If Fairy Tales Were Graphs

Fairy tales have never been more succinct.

My Favorite Student-Advisor Moment

How a student found bravery and an advisor showed grace.

The Book

I wrote a thing. The thing is a book.

Matrix Jokes

You take the red pill, you stay in pun-land, and you see how deep the awful wordplay goes.

The Hyperbole of Elliptic Geometry (and 14 Other Math Cartoons)

So many math jokes that they may distort your local spacetime.

Tales of Pythagoras

Six myths. With cartoons.