Steve Strogatz awarded the 2014 Euler Book Prize

The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) has awarded Steven Strogatz the 2014 Euler Book Prize for The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, 2012. The MAA site states, “The Prize is intended to recognize authors of exceptionally well written books with a positive impact on the public's view of mathematics and to encourage the writing of such books.”

For more information see http://www.maa.org/news/jmm-2014-awards-recipients-announced.

Cornell Chronicle article: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/01/steve-strogatz-wins-euler-book-prize