Siobhan Roberts
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Born
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
OccupationJournalist
NationalityCanadian
AlmamaterRyerson University
Queen's University at Kingston
Queen's University at Kingston
Siobhan Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Born | Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Ryerson University Queen's University at Kingston |
Siobhan Roberts is a Canadian science journalist, biographer, and historian of mathematics.
Roberts was born in Belleville, Ontario.[1] She earned a degree in history at Queen's University, then a graduate degree in journalism from Ryerson University in 1997.[2]
Books
Roberts is the author of:
- King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, the Man Who Saved Geometry, about Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (Walker & Company, 2006),[3] winner of the Euler Book Prize of the Mathematical Association of America[4]
- Wind Wizard: Alan G. Davenport and the Art of Wind Engineering, about Alan Garnett Davenport (Princeton University Press, 2012),[5] winner of the W. Gordon Plewes History Award of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering[6]
- Genius At Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway, about John Horton Conway (Bloomsbury, 2015)[7]
