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Last updated on September 19, 2024.
James Tanton

James Stuart Tanton is a mathematician and math educator. He is a winner of the Kidder Faculty Prize for his teaching at The St. Mark’s Math Institute, scholar at the Mathematical Association of America, author of over ten books on mathematics, curriculum, and education, and creator of videos on mathematics on YouTube. As of February 2020 his approximately 190 videos had earned over 800,000 views.

Author | Born: August 1, 1966
Mathematics speaks to the transcendental, as does this extraordinary friendship. A beautiful book! — © James Tanton
Mathematics speaks to the transcendental, as does this extraordinary friendship. A beautiful book!
Math is the beautiful, rich, joyful, playful, surprising, frustrating, humbling and creative art that speaks to something transcendental. It is worthy of much exploration and examination because it is intrinsically beautiful, nothing more to say. Why play the violin? Because it is beautiful! Why engage in math? Because it too is beautiful!
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