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American mathematician, humorist and prolific writer active in knot theory and topology.

Active in combating the too-common psychological condition of math anxiety.

Nationality

American

Born: October 13, 1956
1978: B.Sc. from MIT
1983: Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
1998: Received the Haimo Distinguished Teaching Award from the Mathematical Association of America
1998-2000: Awarded Polya Lecturer (MAA)
2000-2002: Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer

1983: Hyperbolic Structures on Link Complements
1985: Thrice-punctured spheres in hyperbolic 3-manifolds
1986: Augmented alternating link complements are hyperbolic
1987: The noncompact hyperbolic 3-manifold of minimal volume
1994: The Knot Book
1998: How to Ace Calculus: the Streetwise Guide (with J. Hass and A. Thompson)
2000: Systoles of hyperbolic 3-manifolds (with A. Reid)
2001: How to Ace the Rest of Calculus: the Streetwise Guide (with J. Hass and A. Thompson)
2004: Why Knot?: An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots
2006: Cusp size bounds from singular surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds (with A. Colestock, J. Fowler, W. Gillam and E. Katerman)
2007: Introduction to Topology: Pure and Applied (with R. Franzosa)
2009: Riot at the Calc Exam and Other Mathematically Bent Stories