Author: RTNM

An Interview with Warren Andrew Slay, Part 4 In this section, Warren talks about his experience during what historians and philosophers have called “The Science Wars.” He had a front-row seat; consequently, he has much to say about postmodernism’s short-term and long-term effects on scientific theory and society at large. RTNM:  What was the deal […]

Tara Westover Is Educated Educated, the memoir of Tara Westover had been on my reading list for several years.  I had heard all the good things, everyone, except her parents, had to say about it.  I finally got around to reading it.  I suggest you do the same. Westover’s story is compelling.  I will not […]

Alcaraz Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player with a beautiful backhand.   He has been as high as number 7 in the world.  He has long been one of my favorite players. At 16, Gasquet became the world’s number one junior tennis player.   Many thought he would become number one in the world with […]

An Interview With Warren Andrew Slay, Part 3 In Part 3, we talk about academic topics.  We get a little more insight into Warren’s history and what his future might look like. RTNM:  You were on the faculty of a state university in the Midwest at one point.  What can you tell us about that? […]

An Interview With Warren Andrew Slay, Part 2 Here is Part 2 of my increasingly contentious interview with Warren Andrew Slay. RTNM:  Can you tell me why you never write under your real name?  Why all the different pen names? WAS: Many writers will tell you that if they had to do it all over […]

An Interview With Warren Andrew Slay, Part 1 I have been trying to get an interview with Warren Andrew Slay for decades.  Never heard of him?  I am not surprised; he keeps a low profile.  My talk with him will be presented in multiple posts.  We covered a wide range of topics; most are interesting, […]

Calculators I came across a math problem on YouTube the other day.  Apparently, it was asked during a high school math competition somewhere in Europe.  The problem is as follows: The student is tasked with finding the area of the newly created figure.  I am not a big puzzle guy.  I usually only pay attention […]

A Little Birthday Math You say it’s your birthday It’s my birthday too, yeah Birthday by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney It is about time I drew my attention back to an interesting math problem.  This post is about The Birthday Problem, sometimes referred to as The Birthday Paradox.  Fair warning, […]

It has been over ten years since I met Athena.  You know, Athena… I wrote a book about meeting her.  The chapters are posted on this blog.  I have to admit that some inspired writing is found on those pages.  This post is not inspired, and I want to write about why that is. I […]

A Mathematical Monster The Mathematician slowly turned to see if Alexa was toying with him. Was it really time to get up already? He was having a lucid dream about Danica Patrick. They were eating lunch at a picturesque sidewalk café when he was rudely interrupted. “Alexa, good morning. Thank you for waking me up […]