Mathematician:Colin Conrad Adams

Mathematician

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

Publications

• 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