How math and literature are unexpectedly connected

Mathematician Sarah Hart has always loved to read — and she argues literature and math are fundamentally intertwined. She ...
Washington Examiner

Do math and literature have anything in common?

Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections between Mathematics and Literature; by Sarah Hart; Flatiron; 290 pp., $29.99 In Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections between Mathematics and ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Sarah Hart: The wondrous connections between mathematics and literature

“Call me Ishmael.” This has to be one of the most famous opening sentences in all of literature, and I’m embarrassed to say that — until quite recently — I didn’t get beyond it. “Moby-Dick” was, for ...
The New York Times

Book Review: ‘Once Upon a Prime,’ by Sarah Hart

In “Once Upon a Prime,” Sarah Hart explores the surprisingly deep relationship between mathematics and literature. By Jordan Ellenberg When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Once Upon a Prime’ Review: Poetic Form, Mathematic Formula

One of the most stubborn stereotypes in modern culture is that of the oddball math genius—the rumpled savant too busy manipulating abstruse symbols to cope with daily life. This image is usually ...
The New York Times

The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

A British mathematician and the author of “Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature.” “Call me Ishmael.” This has to be one of the most famous opening sentences ...