I'm a Mathematician Now!

來認識馬塞洛，他是一個像你我一樣的孩子，在巴西長大，想成為哲學家並解決邏輯難題。哲學把他引向物理學，物理學又把他引向數學。了解馬塞洛如何將數學方程式視為需要解決的謎題，以及解決其中一個謎題如何幫助他了解宇宙如何運作。

我是誰？該系列以科學家的勵志傳記為特色，年輕讀者將能夠將這些科學家視為像他們自己一樣的人。這些書由科學家本人和范德比爾特大學的合著者撰寫，旨在幫助年輕讀者了解科學家是像他們一樣的普通人，他們對學習和發現新事物感到興奮，並決定在學校努力學習，以便為自己創造成為科學家的機會。在了解這些科學家的故事的同時，讀者也將了解一些解釋清楚且易於理解的基本科學思想，並了解這些科學家當今正在研究的前沿科學。

我是誰？系列共同編輯：David A Weintraub，范德比爾特大學藝術與科學學院天文學、歷史學和科學技術傳播教授； Ann Neely，范德比爾特大學皮博迪教育與人類發展學院教育實踐榮譽副教授；凱文‧約翰遜 (Kevin Johnson)，范德比爾特大學和范德比爾特大學醫學中心生物醫學資訊學和兒科教授。

在本系列中：

由 STEM 領域的頂尖專家撰寫
科學概念的愉快探索

Meet Marcelo, a kid like you and me, who grew up in Brazil wanting to become a philosopher and solve logic puzzles. Philosophy led him to physics, and physics led him to mathematics. Learn how Marcelo thinks about mathematical equations as puzzles to solve and how solving one of those puzzles helped him learn about how the universe works.

The Who Me? series features inspirational biographies of scientists whom young readers will be able to identify with as people like themselves. Written by the scientists themselves and co-authors from Vanderbilt University, the books are designed to help young readers understand that scientists are regular people like themselves who are excited about learning and discovering new things, and who decided to work hard in school in order to create for themselves the opportunity to become scientists. As they learn the stories of these scientists, readers will also learn some basic scientific ideas that are well-explained and easily understood and be introduced to cutting-edge science these scientists are working on today.

Who Me? series co-editors: David A Weintraub, Professor of Astronomy, of History, and of Communication of Science and Technology, College of Arts & Science, Vanderbilt University; Ann Neely, Associate Professor Emerita of the Practice of Education, Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University; and Kevin Johnson, Professor of Biomedical Informatics and of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

In this series:

Written by leading experts in STEM
Enjoyable exploration of scientific concepts

馬塞洛‧迪斯康齊 (Marcelo Disconzi)

是范德比爾特大學數學副教授。他的研究是關於偏微分方程式以及如何使用它們來了解更多幾何和物理知識。他使用愛因斯坦的廣義相對論方程和物理學家用來描述流體運動的其他方程，以更好地從數學角度理解中子星等複雜物體的動力學發生的情況。當他不做數學時，他喜歡閱讀、鍛煉，並與妻子亞歷克斯和不斷成長的寵物家庭共度時光。

Marcelo Disconzi is Associate Professor of Mathematics at Vanderbilt University. His research is about partial differential equations and how they can be used to learn more about geometry and physics. He uses Einstein's General Relativity equations and other equations physicists use to describe the motion of fluids to better understand mathematically what happens with the dynamics of complex objects like neutron stars. When he is not doing math, he likes to read, exercise, and spend time with his wife Alex and his ever-growing family of pets.

解決難題
空間、時間和時空
星星的數學
大撕裂
詞彙表
討論問題和其他資源

Contents:
Solving Puzzles
Space, Time and Space-time
The Mathematics of Stars
The Big Rip
Glossary
Disscussion Questions and Additional Resources