
Erica Klarreich
Mathematics and Science Writer

Erica Klarreich
Mathematics and Science Writer

Text copyright © 2011 Erica Klarreich. All rights reserved.
About Me
I am a mathematics and science journalist based in Berkeley, California.
My work has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, American Scientist, and Science News, and has been reprinted in The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010 and The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011.
Recent articles
A new breed of ultrafast computer algorithms offers computer scientists a novel tool to probe the structure of large networks. Read more
Simons Foundation web site, April 24, 2012
Approximately Hard: The Unique Games Conjecture
The famous P versus NP conjecture, still unsolved after 40 years, has done more than perhaps any other single mathematical assertion in modern times to set the ground rules and the very language of its field. Now, this field has been electrified by a new conjecture, which, while not as monumental as the P versus NP conjecture, in some sense picks up where that conjecture leaves off. Read more
Simons Foundation web site, October 6, 2011
Mathematics is helping medical students and hospitals solve the two-
Simons Foundation web site, September 24, 2010
Reprinted in The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011
Mathematicians solve 45-
A trio of mathematicians has solved a 45-
Simons Foundation web site, July 20, 2009
Reprinted in The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010
Last updated August 10, 2011
Text copyright © 2011 Erica Klarreich. All rights reserved.