Jason M. Osborne

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educator + creative tinkerer + writer


Jason M. Osborne

A Brief, 

yet Accurate Summary

Jason M. Osborne received a Ph.D in Mathematics from North Carolina State University in 2007. He has been a mathematics educator at several universities and has published a number of peer-reviewed articles for engineering and mathematics journals. He is constantly amazed by how a few scribbles of mathematical symbology on a piece of paper can convey any meaning at all.  


When being a Mathematician proves too challenging he, tries to think about the variety of ways he can make mathematics more widely accessible. 


In his first book, a graphic novel, On Maps and Math and Making Friends: A Curvature Story, he artfully explains in nearly 100 full color, animated pages what can and has been written by others in a page or two of black & white, perfectly stationary mathematical formulas. 


His latest book (not Div but Grad and Curl: an illustrated guide) is a typical unconcise/math production; a 400+ page exploration of length, area, and volume using the mathematical language of “forms” and is organized in a way he feels relevant to teaching in the age of AI.


He is currently filling many other pages with scribbles and code and turning those pages into more e-books. 


He has never once been accused of being concise.