Jordan Ellenberg
Mathematician and author
Jordan Ellenberg is an American mathematician who teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and also writes books and articles. He wrote How Not to Be Wrong and Shape.
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American Born 1971 in Potomac, United States
About Jordan Ellenberg
Jordan Ellenberg is an American mathematician on the mathematics faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research is in number theory and arithmetic geometry. He earned a doctorate in mathematics at Harvard, and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins. Alongside his academic work, Ellenberg writes articles and books. He has written the Slate column "Do the Math", and his articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe. His books in our catalog include How Not to Be Wrong and Shape, and he has also written a novel, Grasshopper King.