“Mathemagician” Dr. Arthur T. Benjamin is an American mathematician who specializes in combinatorics, a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, but he is best known for is superior mental math capabilities and “Mathemagics” performances in front of live audiences. His mathematical abilities have been highlighted in newspaper and magazine articles, at TED Talks and on the Colbert Report. He published many books and DVDs to help people, including children, to enter the captivating and magical world of mathematics.
Last Tuesday, 3 of our Junior Journalists attended one of Dr. Benjamin’s seminar tours at the Arcadia Library, and among a full house of fans and admirers, they were able to sit down with Dr. B for an intimate moment of interview.
Dr Benjamin’s new book, The Magic of Math, just publish on 9/8/2015. We didn’t miss the opportunity to get his autograph
Junior Journalist Aaron, Age 9
My evening with Dr. Benjamin was really awesome. Jaslyne, Sharonlen and I saw Dr. Benjamin perform math magic at the Arcadia Library on September 8th. We then got to interview him at the end. It was an event sponsored by the Friends of Arcadia Library. The library set aside some money they earned from their bookstore and donations to host the event. Dr. Benjamin is a math magician and he is very friendly. He is a math professor at Harvey Mudd College and is also a magician at the Magic Castle. He is SUPER duper good at math. . . READ FULL ARTICLE >>
Junior Journalist Sharonlen, Age 8
I am so excited when I know that I will have a chance to be junior journalist for La Jaja kids and my first mission is to interview Dr. Authur Benjamin—the world famous Mathemagician. I heard about him since I was 4 years old, but I had never seen him in a person before. This is a great opportunity for me to see him in person. Since it is my first time, I feel so nervous I don’t know how to prepare and what should I do. So I start . . . READ FULL ARTICLE >>
About Dr. Arthur Benjamin
Dr. Arthur Benjamin makes numbers dance. He is a Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California and a professional magician. In this entertaining and fast-paced performance, Dr. Benjamin demonstrates how to mentally add and multiply numbers faster than a calculator, how to figure out the day of the week of any date in history, and other amazing feats of mind.
A Mathematician and a professor of math, Arthur Benjamin will amaze and entertain as he demonstrates (and explains) his fast-paced feats of mind: how to mentally add and multiply numbers faster than a calculator, memorize 100 digits of pi, figure of the date of the week of any date in history and more…
“He talks like a performer,
acts like a magician,
and multiplies faster than a calculator.”
— Los Angeles Times.
Dr. Arthur Benjamin makes numbers dance. He is a Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California and a professional magician. In this entertaining and fast-paced performance, Dr. Benjamin demonstrates how to mentally add and multiply numbers faster than a calculator, how to figure out the day of the week of any date in history, and other amazing feats of mind.
A Mathematician and a professor of math, Arthur Benjamin will amaze and entertain as he demonstrates (and explains) his fast-paced feats of mind: how to mentally add and multiply numbers faster than a calculator, memorize 100 digits of pi, figure of the date of the week of any date in history and more…
Dr. Arthur Benjamin makes numbers dance. He is a Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California and a professional magician. In this entertaining and fast-paced performance, Dr. Benjamin demonstrates how to mentally add and multiply numbers faster than a calculator, how to figure out the day of the week of any date in history, and other amazing feats of mind.
A Mathematician and a professor of math, Arthur Benjamin will amaze and entertain as he demonstrates (and explains) his fast-paced feats of mind: how to mentally add and multiply numbers faster than a calculator, memorize 100 digits of pi, figure of the date of the week of any date in history and more…
He is the winner of the national teaching award from the Mathematical Association of America, and was listed by Princeton Review as one America’s Top 300 professors. His Ted talk has been viewed more than 2 million times.
Dr. Benjamin has performed his mixture of math and magic for audiences all over the world. He’s appeared on the TED Talk, Colbert Report, Today Show, and National Public Radio, and been profiled in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, as well as Scientific American, Discover, Esquire, People, and Wired magazines.
Dr. Benjamin’s new book “The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why” has published on 9/8/2015.
Dr. Benjamin’s other publications (books and DVDs):
- Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician’s Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks (book)
- The Fascinating World of Graph Theory (book)
- Mathemagics: How to Look Like a Genius Without Really Trying (book)
- The Art of Mental Calculation: addition & subtraction (book)
- Proofs that Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof (book)
- Teach Your Child Math : Making Math Fun for the Both of You (book)
- The Joy of Math (DVD)
- The Secrets of Mental Math (DVD)
