Margaret Wertheim
Margaret Wertheim is an Australian-born science writer, curator, and artist based in the United States. She is the author of books on the cultural history of physics, and has written about science, including for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, Aeon and Cabinet. Wertheim and her twin sister, Christine Wertheim, are co-founders of the Institute For Figuring (IFF), a Los Angeles–based non-profit organization through which they create projects at the intersection of art, science and mathematics.
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- Born in
- Brisbane
- Educated at
- University of SydneyUniversity of QueenslandDeakin University
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- 🏆 Klopsteg Memorial Award
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1958
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