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Michael Lucy

Michael Lucy

Michael Lucy is a journalist based in Melbourne. He is the science editor at The Conversation, and previously he was an editor at The Monthly and Cosmos magazines. 

Michael Lucy reviews ‘Vector: A surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation’ by Robyn Arianrhod

September 2024, no. 468 28 August 2024
If you ever came across a vector in a high-school science class, it probably looked quite simple: a little arrow you might draw on a diagram to show the motion of a train or the forces on a swinging pendulum. An arrow pointing right would cancel an arrow pointing left, or → + ← = 0. Add together two arrows pointing in the same direction, you get one twice as long: →. A rightward arrow plus a ... (read more)