Mark Ronan's website
Biography
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Mark Ronan is honorary
professor of mathematics at University College London (UCL) and emeritus
professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He has also taught
at the University of Braunschweig and the Free University of Berlin, and in
the early 1990s was Mason Professor of Mathematics at the University of
Birmingham. In addition to research, and
mathematics teaching at all levels from basic undergraduate to advanced
graduate courses, Mark has taught university courses on the ancient
literature of Mesopotamia — including the Epic
of Gilgamesh — using his knowledge of ancient languages written in cuneiform. His recent book Symmetry
and the Monster describes the quest
to find all the basic building blocks for symmetry, and his four BBC
Radio 3 broadcasts
on this subject in April and May 2008 were chosen for Pick of the
Week on Radio 4. Mark also writes essays and book reviews, particularly for
Standpoint
magazine and the Times Literary Supplement. He has also contributed to the
Daily Telegraph and maintains an on-line review site for opera, ballet and
theatre performances. |
