Adrián Arnoldo Paenza (born 9 May 1949) is an
Argentine
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journalist and
PhD in mathematical sciences from the
University of Buenos Aires
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(UBA).
He was born in
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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in 1949 and holds a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Buenos Aires, where he currently serves as Associate Professor of the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. He is also a journalist and worked in the major radio stations, in all five air channels in Argentina, he was a special editor of several journals, and a contributor to the three national newspapers: ''
Clarín,
Página/12 and
La Nación
''La Nación'' () is an Argentine daily newspaper. As the country's leading conservative newspaper, ''La Nación''s main competitor is the more liberal '' Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argentina.
Its motto is: "''La Nac ...
''.
His children's book series, ''Matemática... ¿Estás ahí?'', has been a bestseller in Argentina, other Latin American countries, and also in Germany and Spain, where they have edited the first two episodes. In 2014 he received the
ICM Leelavati Award The Leelavati Award is an award for outstanding contribution to public outreach in mathematics. It is named after the 12th-century mathematical treatise " Lilavati" devoted to arithmetic and algebra written by the Indian mathematician Bhāskara II, ...
for his work in the dissemination of mathematics.
References
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1949 births
Argentine journalists
Argentine male journalists
Living people
Writers from Buenos Aires
Argentine male writers