Mathematician:Colin Conrad Adams

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

History

 * 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

Books and Papers

 * 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:
 * 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: