Steven Strogatz
@stevenstrogatz.com
Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time. www.stevenstrogatz.com
I've just started reading this new book by Shekhar Khare, a renowned number theorist at UCLA, and I highly recommend it. It takes the reader on an intellectual adventure, with very illuminating analogies and vivid storytelling. It's a book about some brilliant math, but it also has a great heart.
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I've just started reading this new book by Shekhar Khare, a renowned number theorist at UCLA, and I highly recommend it. It takes the reader on an intellectual adventure, with very illuminating analogies and vivid storytelling. It's a book about some brilliant math, but it also has a great heart.
Nice to meet you, Jeremy!
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Nice to meet you, Jeremy!
My applied math colleague Chris Earls is looking to hire a postdoc. The area — interpretability of emergent behaviors exhibited by AI systems — is fascinating and important. Info below:
January 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
My applied math colleague Chris Earls is looking to hire a postdoc. The area — interpretability of emergent behaviors exhibited by AI systems — is fascinating and important. Info below:
Preparing for our annual family ritual — a blind taste test. This year's category: hummus!
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Preparing for our annual family ritual — a blind taste test. This year's category: hummus!
The Future of Veritasium @veritasium.bsky.social -- if you are a fan of the channel (as I certainly am!) you'll definitely want to watch this. It's Derek at his best. youtu.be/piHGnG4LsmQ?...
Am I Retiring?
YouTube video by Veritasium
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December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Future of Veritasium @veritasium.bsky.social -- if you are a fan of the channel (as I certainly am!) you'll definitely want to watch this. It's Derek at his best. youtu.be/piHGnG4LsmQ?...
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Absolutely nuts how everyone is firing on all cylinders in The Lowdown, if they don’t get renewed we riot
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Absolutely nuts how everyone is firing on all cylinders in The Lowdown, if they don’t get renewed we riot
@rachelcrowl.net You are so fantastic in The Lowdown! The whole cast is amazing, and so is the series, but you really steal the show whenever you're onscreen :-)
December 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
@rachelcrowl.net You are so fantastic in The Lowdown! The whole cast is amazing, and so is the series, but you really steal the show whenever you're onscreen :-)
The Geometry of Julia Child's Greatest Apple Tart
The perfect recipe for the holidays -- made even better with math!
By Manil Suri
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#MathSky
The perfect recipe for the holidays -- made even better with math!
By Manil Suri
manilsuri.substack.com/p/julia-chil...
#MathSky
The Geometry of Julia Child's Greatest Apple Tart
The perfect recipe for the holidays made even better with math!
manilsuri.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Geometry of Julia Child's Greatest Apple Tart
The perfect recipe for the holidays -- made even better with math!
By Manil Suri
manilsuri.substack.com/p/julia-chil...
#MathSky
The perfect recipe for the holidays -- made even better with math!
By Manil Suri
manilsuri.substack.com/p/julia-chil...
#MathSky
Reaching the Masses: Six Authors on Public Outreach
[about Mathematics]
A Zoom conversation with:
Keith Devlin
Marcus du Sautoy
Jordan Ellenberg
Sarah Hart
John Allen Paulos
Steven Strogatz
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PDF: ams.org/journals/not...
[about Mathematics]
A Zoom conversation with:
Keith Devlin
Marcus du Sautoy
Jordan Ellenberg
Sarah Hart
John Allen Paulos
Steven Strogatz
ams.org/journals/not...
PDF: ams.org/journals/not...
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Reaching the Masses: Six Authors on Public Outreach
[about Mathematics]
A Zoom conversation with:
Keith Devlin
Marcus du Sautoy
Jordan Ellenberg
Sarah Hart
John Allen Paulos
Steven Strogatz
ams.org/journals/not...
PDF: ams.org/journals/not...
[about Mathematics]
A Zoom conversation with:
Keith Devlin
Marcus du Sautoy
Jordan Ellenberg
Sarah Hart
John Allen Paulos
Steven Strogatz
ams.org/journals/not...
PDF: ams.org/journals/not...
Very encouraging -- thanks, everybody! More soon...
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Very encouraging -- thanks, everybody! More soon...
Hi Jean! I certainly do remember you! So great to hear from you! -- maybe see you at the 50th reunion?
December 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hi Jean! I certainly do remember you! So great to hear from you! -- maybe see you at the 50th reunion?
Does the number of people following you grow linearly in time, or exponentially? Manil Suri examines this on Substack:
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manilsuri.substack.com/p/will-my-su...
Will my Substack following grow exponentially?
Or is that an unattainable goal?
manilsuri.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Does the number of people following you grow linearly in time, or exponentially? Manil Suri examines this on Substack:
manilsuri.substack.com/p/will-my-su...
manilsuri.substack.com/p/will-my-su...
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Very excited to share some life updates: in summer 2026 I will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Physics at University of Toronto! My group will study a range of problems in biophysics using nonequilibrium statistical mechanics—cellular signaling and adaptation, gene regulation, etc.
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Very excited to share some life updates: in summer 2026 I will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Physics at University of Toronto! My group will study a range of problems in biophysics using nonequilibrium statistical mechanics—cellular signaling and adaptation, gene regulation, etc.
I haven't been very active here for several months, because I've been working on a new book. Soon I will be able to tell you about it. Is anyone out there interested?
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I haven't been very active here for several months, because I've been working on a new book. Soon I will be able to tell you about it. Is anyone out there interested?
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Portrait of mathematician Steven Strogatz at Cornell. Strogatz studies the mathematics of connection, from the rhythm of fireflies to the beating of the heart. @stevenstrogatz.com
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November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Portrait of mathematician Steven Strogatz at Cornell. Strogatz studies the mathematics of connection, from the rhythm of fireflies to the beating of the heart. @stevenstrogatz.com
More explorers.com/steven-strogatz
More explorers.com/steven-strogatz
Congratulations to all the tremendous science communicators honored this year!
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Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Congratulations to all the tremendous science communicators honored this year!
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Teach Triangular Numbers With Steven Strogatz and The New York Times
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October 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Fourth lesson: triangular numbers, telescoping series, calculus, and MRI scans
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Teach Triangular Numbers With Steven Strogatz and The New York Times
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Fourth lesson: triangular numbers, telescoping series, calculus, and MRI scans
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/l...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/l...
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🫁❤️New preprint out: The social, decoupled self
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The social, decoupled self: interpersonal synchronization of breathing alters intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling
People synchronize their periodic behavioural and physiological rhythms with each other during social interaction. While this interpersonal synchronization has largely been associated with positive ef...
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October 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🫁❤️New preprint out: The social, decoupled self
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks. Good point.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thanks. Good point.
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Thanks. Good point.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thanks. Good point.
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good point, thanks.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
good point, thanks.
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Network Science, and three of its avengers, featured in the latest @veritasium.bsky.social video (one of the largest youtube channels for Science education)!! youtu.be/CYlon2tvywA?... @stevenstrogatz.com Duncan Watts @barabasi.bsky.social
Something Strange Happens When You Trace How Connected We Are
YouTube video by Veritasium
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October 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Network Science, and three of its avengers, featured in the latest @veritasium.bsky.social video (one of the largest youtube channels for Science education)!! youtu.be/CYlon2tvywA?... @stevenstrogatz.com Duncan Watts @barabasi.bsky.social
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This is a really good video that I enjoyed a lot
By @veritasium.bsky.social ft. @stevenstrogatz.com
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By @veritasium.bsky.social ft. @stevenstrogatz.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYlo...
Something Strange Happens When You Trace How Connected We Are
YouTube video by Veritasium
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October 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This is a really good video that I enjoyed a lot
By @veritasium.bsky.social ft. @stevenstrogatz.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYlo...
By @veritasium.bsky.social ft. @stevenstrogatz.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYlo...
Mathematician Chad Topaz's new book looks at America's criminal legal system through the lens of data science. Pre-order at www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Ju...
Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change
Amazon.com: Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change: 9780691276151: Topaz, Chad M.: Books
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October 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Mathematician Chad Topaz's new book looks at America's criminal legal system through the lens of data science. Pre-order at www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Ju...