2019 Festival Additions, the Shop at MoMath & Author Signings
Saturday May 4, 2019 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET
Stop by Additions, the shop at MoMath, for all your festival gift needs. We have books, games, toys, and much more! Credit card only for purchases. Come meet some of your favorite authors—and have them sign their books!
Schedule of Author Book Signings
- 10:15 – 10:45 am – Richard Schwartz will sign: Really Big Numbers, You Can Count on Monsters (opens new window) (Ages 8-10, 11-13, 14-18, 18+)
- 11:00 – 11:45 am – John Urschel will sign: Mind and Matter (opens new window) (Ages 14-18, 18+)
- 12:00 – 12:30 pm – James Tanton will sign: Without Words, More Without Words (opens new window) (Ages 8-10, 11-13, 14-18, 18+)
- 12:30 – 1:00 pm – Steve Light will sign: Have You Seen My Dragon? (opens new window) (Ages 2-4)
- 1:00 – 1:30 pm – Marcus du Sautoy will sign: The Creativity Code, The Great Unknown, Symmetry (opens new window) (Ages 14-18, 18+)
- 1:45 – 2:30 pm – John Urschel will sign: Mind and Matter (opens new window) (Ages 14-18, 18+)
- 2:30 – 3:00 pm – Seth Fishman will sign: A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars (opens new window) (Ages 8-10)
- 3:00 – 3:45 pm – Wendy Lichtman will sign: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra (opens new window) (Ages 11-13)
Visitors can meet Robie Harris, author of Crash! Boom! A Math Tale (opens new window), from 12:00-2:00 pm in the Mathical Reading Room.
Visitors can meet Kate Narita, author of 100 Bugs! A Counting Book (opens new window), from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Mathical Reading Room.
Visitors can also experience Wonder-ful Math with MoMath in Hall D, Level 2.
Exhibit Hall D, Level 2, Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Age Level
2-4
5-7
8-10
11-13
14-18
18+
ALL AGES
PRESENTED BY:
Dr. James Tanton
James Tanton (PhD, Princeton 1994, mathematics) writes books and video courses, advises on curriculum, consults with teachers, and gives demonstration classes and professional development sessions across the globe. He has taught mathematics both at university and high-school institutions and is absolutely committed to promoting effective and joyful mathematics thinking,... Learn more
Dr. Marcus du Sautoy
Dr. Marcus du Sautoy is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University. His many honors include the Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society awarded for the best mathematical research made by a mathematician under 40 and the Royal Society’s Faraday Prize, the UK’s premier award for excellence in... Learn more
Dr. Richard Schwartz
Young Adult Author
Dr. Richard Schwartz grew up in Los Angeles and spent his youth obsessively playing tennis until video games distracted him. He is Professor of Mathematics at Brown University. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and an Invited Speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians. In his spare time he likes to draw pictures, write... Learn more
John Urschel
John Urschel is a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former NFL offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens. Learn more
National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath)
The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) allows adults and children alike to experience the evolving, creative, aesthetic, and often surprising nature of mathematics. Located in the heart of Manhattan, the Museum is home to more than three dozen hands-on, engaging exhibits that showcase the fascinating world of mathematics. MoMath has also designed and implemented hundreds... Learn more
Seth Fishman
Children's Author
Seth Fishman can hold his breath for 163 seconds and likes to blink about 15,000 times a day. He has also written 2 books for teenagers. He lives with his family in Los Angeles, California. A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars was a Mathical Book Prize Award Winner in... Learn more
Steve Light
Children's Author
Steve Light grew up in New Jersey. He studied illustration at Pratt Institute. Upon graduating he did corporate illustrations for companies such as AT&T, Sony Films, and the New York Times Book Review. He has since published several books, including the 2015 Mathical Book Prize Award... Learn more
Wendy Lichtman
Young Adult Author
Wendy Lichtman holds a degree in mathematics, and when she decided to write the story behind Secrets, Lies and Algebra – about a teen realizing that some questions have more than one right answer – algebra, with its unknowns and variables, seemed a perfect metaphor. Lichtman is the author of six novels for young adults and... Learn more