Publications and presentations

Eighth Annual Bridges to the World International Film Festival at Towson University. At the invitation of TU’s Department of Electronic Media and Film, in January 2016 I spoke for about 15 minutes on the history of Czechoslovakia to provide background for the film Kruté radosti [Cruel Joys] (2002). This film is set in 1920s Czechoslovakia.

“A Geostatistical Study of the Towson University Campus: A Tool for Teaching Mathematics and Statistics” (presented to the Towson University Mathematics Department as a faculty seminar on 20 November 2014).

“The Dimensions of Metric-Sized Postage Stamps”, American Philatelist: Journal of the American Philatelic Society 123:12 (December 2009): 1156–1157.

“The ‘Golden Canon’ of Book-Page Construction: Proving the Proportions Geometrically”, Journal of Mathematics and the Arts 4:3 (September 2010): 137–141.

“The ‘Golden Canon’ of Book-Page Design: A Visual Presentation using Geometer’s Sketchpad”, in Bridges 2012 Proceedings (July 2012): 417–420. Paper presented at the 2012 Bridges Organization conference, Towson MD.

“A Theoretical Justification for Using the International System of Units to Measure Navigational Speed”, International Journal of New Developments in Engineering and Society 1:3 (2017): 99–104.

“By the Numbers: The Minimal Impact of the 2019 Elections on the Political Orientation of the European Parliament”, Towson University Journal of International Affairs 53:2 (Spring 2020): 16–29.

“The Introduction of the Metric System in Turkey”, Metric Today 50:1 (January/February 2015): 1, 7.

“Metric Notation in the Middle East”, Metric Today 51:2 (March/April 2016): 2–3.

“SpaceX and the Metric System”, Metric Today 53:2 (March/April 2018): 6.

“Kerbal Space Program: A Thoroughly Metric Computer Game”, Metric Today 57:1 (January/February 2022): 2–3.

“Measurement in Tunisia”, Metric Today 58:1 (January/February 2023): 2–3.