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Kevin Hartnett

2:08 AM CST on March 4, 2026

Kevin Hartnett is a senior writer at Quanta Magazine covering mathematics and computer science. His work has been collected in the the “Best Writing on Mathematics” series in 2013 and 2016. He also writes “Brainiac,” a weekly column for the Boston Globe’s Ideas section.
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