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Evelyn Lamb

Salt Lake City

Math and Science Writer at Freelance

Math and science writer. These days, I mostly use Twitter to complain to local government about street safety. Find me on Insta/Bluesky for other topics.

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  • 1 month ago | undark.org | Evelyn Lamb |David Corcoran

    In 1934, David Hilbert, by then a grand old man of German mathematics, was dining with Bernhard Rust, the Nazi minister of education. Rust asked, “How is mathematics at Göttingen, now that it is free from the Jewish influence?” Hilbert replied, “There is no mathematics in Göttingen anymore.” Or so the story goes. It is folklore at this point, a story mathematicians tell one another over coffee while exchanging knowing looks.

  • Feb 26, 2024 | sciencenews.org | Evelyn Lamb |Skyler Ware |Erin Wayman |Laura Sanders

    Consider this sequence of numbers: 5, 7, 9. Can you spot the pattern? Here’s another with the same pattern: 15, 19, 23. One more: 232, 235, 238.  “Three equally spaced things,” says Raghu Meka, a computer scientist at UCLA. “That’s probably the simplest pattern you can imagine.”  Yet for almost a century, mathematicians in the field of combinatorics have been puzzling out how to know whether an endless list of numbers contains such a sequence, called an arithmetic progression.

  • Feb 26, 2024 | timesbulletin.com | Evelyn Lamb

    CONVOY — The first meeting of Ohio Challengers 4-H Club was held in the Crestview High School study hall after school on Feb. 21. The American Pledge and the 4-H Pledge were led by Addi Putman, Hannah Lamb, McKenna Owens, and Bryston Thornell. Twelve new members were introduced and welcomed to the group. Enrollment forms and club rules were explained to members by advisors.

  • Feb 26, 2024 | iverifyu.com | Evelyn Lamb

    https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/022424_arithmetic-progression_feat.jpg?fit=800,450&ssl=1Consider this sequence of numbers: 5, 7, 9. Can you spot the pattern? Here’s another with the same pattern: 15, 19, 23. One more: 232, 235, 238.  “Three equally spaced things,” says Raghu Meka, a computer scientist at UCLA.

  • Oct 16, 2023 | iverifyu.com | Evelyn Lamb

    https://www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1010723_reviews_feat-800x450.jpgIs Math Real? Eugenia ChengBasic Books, $30Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or perhaps you end up being an impromptu therapist to someone who needs to vent about traumatic experiences they had in math class decades ago.

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Evelyn Lamb
Evelyn Lamb @evelynjlamb
29 Aug 24

Still reeling from a friend telling me yesterday that triangle and integral are anagrams. Every vowel is pronounced completely differently!

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Evelyn Lamb @evelynjlamb
19 Mar 24

Hey @slcmoves, why is there a giant traffic sign in the bike lane halfway up the 2nd Ave hill? It’s a hard enough hill without also having to merge into the car lane when you’re going like 4 mph! https://t.co/qGk5rmZCiw

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Evelyn Lamb @evelynjlamb
1 Feb 24

RT @corrine_yap: Take a listen to find out what my favorite theorem is! Thanks for having me, @niveknosdunk and @evelynjlamb!